I downloaded a sample of this book after Courtney Milan raved about it on Twitter. I’ve been doing a lot of sample shopping, and not many books make it past the sample with me. I’m in something of a grumpy slump with my reading, a state which is entirely my own fault, and when I wanted more past the sample of Beginner’s Guide, I was very excited. Kaya Rubio is a grad student studying molecular genetics in … Continue reading Beginner’s Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions by Six de los Reyes →
Hold Me is both very ambitious and very uneven. We here at the Bitchery are unabashed Courtney Milan fans, to the point where I cannot possibly read a Milan book without both bias in its favor and very high expectations. As with all Milan books, I squeed repeatedly while reading, but the overall reading experience was not as enjoyable as I hoped it would be. Hold Me involves Jay, a physicist, who is super duper … Continue reading Hold Me by Courtney Milan →
In The Martian, based on the novel by Andy Weir, a manned mission to Mars goes wrong and the team leaves the planet, but they left behind botanist and bad-ass Mark Watney. In order to make it until help might come to get him, Mark must survive, alone, on Mars, for years. Fortunately, he’s a scientist. Also fortunately, NASA is also full of scientists who will stop at nothing to get him home. Elyse: I … Continue reading Movie Review: The Martian →