If you’re looking for a non-fiction or memoir that’s engaging, informative and witty, you’ll find it in Lab Girl. Hope Jahren, a botanist and multiple scientific award winner, chronicles her career and life in this memoir/non-fiction hybrid. The chapters alternate between engaging information about plant life (and the similarities to human life) and Jahren’s personal struggle with paranoia, her stoic upbringing, and most importantly-being a woman scientist. I loved (and appreciated) how accessible the subject matter was, Jahren writes in a such a way that science gives way to poetry and occasionally humor. I laughed out loud many times while reading…
Posts Written OnDecember 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
I only need one word to capture the essence of this book: enchanting. I fell captive to its spell while reading (which only took me two days) and when I finished it was with no small struggle that I awakened to reality. This is a fascinating re-telling of a little known Russian fairy tale and is perfect for the winter season. I’ve never known the original fairy tale so I can’t speak to how true it was to it’s source, but I can say that I enjoyed it immensely. Its greatest strength is it’s atmospheric tone and vividly fresh setting.…