mostly sapphic·witch·romance (pick two) and, in mentally calmer times, climate paranoia
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A charming read where I could identify with nearly all of the characters in some way, uncommon for me as I normally find myself inside the MC only. Enough plot for me to move forward without being blocked in fear. Worldbuilding is spread out, mostly being introduced as characters are, which works well for me.
A fine addition to my sapphic-witch-romance list, and one of the few that hits all three.
Travelling to Japan has never been so much fun-- visit the land of anime, manga, …
A Japan tourism overview in comic book style, in many instances being more informative than words alone could— like showing you how to use a JR rail pass, what foods you may encounter, and what toilets you may face. As it's from 2014, some particulars may have changed, but overall much more than it may seem from the cover.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana …
A fine witchy romance for the season, one in which the main character questions her full identity, having fled her stifling small town to be a (less powerful) City Witch, and faces a powerful attraction to someone from a rival family with darker powers.
In the manner of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the magic here is parlor tricks and the points don't matter. Serious magic-heads who grumbled when authors just ripped off literal Latin words for spell names will be disappointed here. The whole concept of the town is magic as stage show, and the town competition is magic as Family Feud. The power of the story comes from the dangerous but irresistible attraction of the main couple, from light and dark magic families, and from the sinister magical caste system of the town, which low-caste Emmy had spent her adult life trying to flee.
One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with …
Something of a hagiography, but has plenty of photos to help determine one's interest in going.
Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, déclic, fausses peurs. Les paniques …
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more …
When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But …
Olive, Rose, Laurel, Ivy, Hazel, Rowan. Six teenagers, connected in ways they could never have imagined.
A moving record of America’s great earthquake and fire: San Francisco, April 18, 1906
Remarkable black-and-white photographs of structures reduced to rubble by the temblor and subsequent fire. As a map geek, I would have liked more maps, but the endpapers are large maps of the shaken and burned area.
A very good overview of Boeing's history particularly after its merger with McDonnell Douglas, which the author argues was a turning point from an engineering worldview to one of bean-counting. It chronicles the spinoff of engineering functions and the way the American FAA allowed Boeing to be its own regulator and inspector. It was written in the wake of the twin 737 Max tragedies, which are a primary focus, but the seeds are sown for all the bits falling out of the sky that we've seen of late.
