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Review - A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett: this was perfect for me right now, completely absorbing and a fascinating world. And sometimes, really *weird*. Rating: 5/5 ("loved it").
Full review: https://breathesbooks.com/2025/05/09/review-a-drop-of-corruption/
On my reading blog, I review The Vengeance by Emma Newman. This started really strong and brilliant, and then it sort of lost its way and ended before it should have. But the writing is great and kept me engaged.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-vengeance-by-emma-newman-review.html
4 stars #bookreview Quantum Consequence By Mike Murphey
https://www.angiemangino.com/book-reviews-blog
166 years ago today, the world lost #AlexanderVonHumboldt. This admirably concise biography offers a factual and nuanced picture of his life and work, and critically interrogates previous portrayals.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/02/11/book-review-alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Biography #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @princetonupress @princetonnature
On my reading blog, I review Saint Death’s Herald by C.S.E. Cooney, the follow-up to her great Saint Death’s Daughter. It's good, but not quite as brilliant as the first book.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/04/saint-deaths-herald-by-cse-cooney-review.html
My review of Invictus Omnibus by Rachel Neumeier
Space opera as a comfort read
https://www.librarything.com/work/34006415/reviews/285351360
My review of When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi in Shelf Awareness. #books #BookReview #bookstodon https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025-04-12/when_the_moon_hits_your_eye.html
New review, just in time for your Easter #FossilFriday: Palaeontologist Gregory Paul updates his field guide to dinosaurs again, ensuring it remains the largest and most up-to-date collection of skeletal diagrams in print.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Fossils #Evolution #Scicomm @princetonupress @princetonnature @bookstodon
My getting random .99 Kobo Deals already paid of! Loved Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker. The unsetteling feeling of the pandemic mixed with a germaphobe and the American Chinese setting worked really well together. It's horor, it involves COVID, mental ilness and racism, please check the trigger warnings! #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/091961b6-e0d5-40d9-bab4-29afd4a6e518
ICYM yesterday: my review of You’ve Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon vol. 3 by Blackegg. Maybe the best vol. so far, plot-wise.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/04/youve-got-mail-perils-of-pigeon-vol-3.html
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life is now out in paperback! An epic history of taxonomy across three centuries, this book charts the lives, works, and legacy of Linnaeus and Buffon.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Linneaus #Buffon #Biography #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @bookstodon
I've published my review of When The Bell Rings - Robert Gass' compelling memoir of his 27 years with the FDNY. From rookie to Battalion Chief, his stories capture the burning Bronx of the 70s and the emotional weight carried by those who face danger daily. A 5-star read that goes beyond heroics to reveal the human cost of rescue work.
#Memoir #Firefighters #NYCHistory #BookReview #FDNY
https://medium.com/@AngieMangino/when-the-bell-rings-fe5824fda80b
Book Review Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem
A rich, wide-angle look at a multiversal society and those who would seek to support, change, and undermine it
Our prolific @Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/04/book-review-transmentation-transience.html
#multiverse #review #books #bookreview #bookstodon @bookstodon
Review - A Pirate's Life for Tea, by Rebecca Thorne: this isn't hitting right for me, even though it's superficially fun. I think I'm done with the series for now, though I know some folks who'll love it. Rating: 2/5 ("it was okay").
Full review: https://breathesbooks.com/2025/04/09/review-a-pirates-life-for-tea/
Remnants of Ancient Life is now out in paperback. Surveying fascinating research on what ancient biomolecules can tell us about extinct lifeforms, this book puts a completely fresh gloss on the topic of palaeontology.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Fossils #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Scicomm @bookstodon @princetonupress @princetonnature
