Stack Overflow: New Titles Coming Up in April
In April we present twelve books for all ages, from toddler to teen.
Continue ReadingIn April we present twelve books for all ages, from toddler to teen.
Continue ReadingEven if I hadn’t already read the bulk of Stephen Graham Jones’s creative output, the Indian Lake books are more than enough to place him firmly in the hallowed halls of horror luminaries like King and Barker.
Continue ReadingToday’s stack is a mixed bag of my recent reads, though several of the books are related to games—role-playing games, videogames, game-playing robots.
Continue ReadingSqueegee art and Sumi ink might seem stylistically far apart, but both offer ample opportunities for exploration and creativity.
Continue ReadingThe perfect LEGO set for fans of ‘Dune’ is here!
Continue ReadingAnother month, another pile of books! Here is what GeekDad Robin is reading in April. Will he finally get to read ‘The Three-Body Problem?’
Continue ReadingSome great books to recommend in my March 2024 Book Review Round Up, featuring dragons, alien first contact and magical stones.
Continue Reading‘Alien Clay’ by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a mesmerising SciFi novel set on hostile planet teeming with alien biology.
Continue ReadingHello my name is Sarah and I am a bookworm. Though of late, I am loving the social media trend that paints me as a book dragon, reading and hoarding books with equal merriment. What does a book dragon do after three weeks of illness in the house, where one parent was ill the whole […]
Continue ReadingEight books that are either playful, information filled, or both.
Continue ReadingThere’s something special about Katie Cook’s ‘Nothing Special Volume 1,’ a cozy adventure graphic novel, suitable for all ages.
Continue Reading‘How to Teach-Grown Ups About Climate Change’ is a one-stop primer for everything climate. Causes, effects, and prevention—it’s all here!
Continue Reading‘Black Hole Cinema Club’ by Christopher Edge offers readers a chance to enter a world where movies are truly immersive!
Continue ReadingA how-to-draw book about kawaii enchanting creatures.
Continue Reading‘FACTopia’ is back! And this time it’s bringing 400 awesome STEM-related facts for readers to enjoy! Enter ‘Science FACTopia!’
Continue ReadingToday’s books are about magic: incantations and spells, demons and demon-hunters, light and darkness.
Continue ReadingThis is an art book for kids and art teachers aimed at the middle school level.
Continue ReadingRobin has mad expectations for this months reading target. Here are his SFF and children’s picks for his March 2024 book previews.
Continue ReadingToday’s stack includes several books about jumping around in time—not all of them are exactly time travel, but they do involve moving through time in an unconventional manner. The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard This story takes place in a valley with an unusual geography: across the mountains to either side of the valley […]
Continue ReadingHow did Robin get on with his February 2024 book reviews? Another great selection of great SFF and children’s books to cover!
Continue ReadingBe still my beating heart. The sixth and final book in the Pages and Co series from Anna James, The Last Bookwanderer, is released in the US on February 27, 2024. I have loved this series since I first opened the pages of Pages and Co: The Bookwanders in 2018 and met Matilda Rose Pages […]
Continue ReadingToday’s stack is a mixed bag of comics and some fiction for kids!
Continue Reading‘What a Rock Can Reveal’ is a beautifully illustrated introduction to geology. You’ll never look at a pebble in the same way again!
Continue ReadingThere are some interesting and positive portraits presented here.
Continue ReadingA companion novel to ‘The Forcing,’ Paul E. Hardisty’s ‘The Descent’ is an absorbing examination of the climate precipice on which we stand.
Continue ReadingSix books with interesting and varied proposals.
Continue Reading‘Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon’ is a magical heist novel, invoking an African pantheon and a quest for stolen treasure.
Continue ReadingFollowing up on my columns about comics for kids and young adults in the past month, this week I’ve got some comic books for adults.
Continue Reading‘The Fights That Make Us:’ A multigenerational story of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Beautifully told with an impressive emotional heft.
Continue ReadingA new month means a new pile of books. Here’s what I’m hoping to read in the next 28 (oh, no – 29!) days. If you want to check out my January 2023 reviews, you can do so, here. Children’s Books Starting my children’s book choices for February is The Fight That Made Us by Sarah Haggar […]
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