Nerd and a half

Celebrating the nerd life, being a huge dork, and geekery.

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Jan 28, 20233 min read

Marple, and more

Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Jean Kwok, Lucy Foley, Val McDermid, Ruth Ware, Alyssa Cole, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Dreda Say...

Nov 19, 20224 min read

The Disinvited Guest and Sea of Tranquility: the pandemic books are upon us

I have been wanting to re-read Station 11 for a couple of years now, but I couldn't read a pandemic book during the pandemic. It's...

May 7, 20222 min read

Ambitious people problems

Korelitz, Jean Hanff- The Plot Sathian, Sanjena- Gold Diggers These two books don't have anything to do with each other, really, but both...

Mar 10, 20225 min read

Audiobook round-up

I'm completely addicted to having audiobooks on my phone all the time so I can listen in the car and while I'm doing my kitchen work. ...

Mar 2, 20224 min read

Language studies and survival skills

The Latinist, The Lake of Dead Languages, A Dangerous Education By chance, I've read three books this month that are set in schools in...

Oct 10, 20212 min read

Alphabet reading challenge: Q and R

Quentin, Patrick- A Puzzle for Fools Rao, Mahesh- Polite Society A Puzzle for Fools: This is a release from the American Mystery...

Sep 30, 20213 min read

Goodreads list challenge: August and September

Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...

Sep 19, 20213 min read

Just because reading

Because, ooh, that sounds good right now is reason enough to go off my reading challenges. I'm really beginning to wish that hadn't set...

May 7, 20213 min read

April '21 reading challenge round-up

Alphabet reading challenge, Goodreads challenge, and a non-fic.

Apr 4, 20216 min read

March 2021: challenge check-in and a galley

Titles from my alphabet reading challenge and my Goodreads reading challenge. Also one YA book and one galley.

Jan 14, 20212 min read

Mystery and suspense: One by One, Moonflower Murders, Crooked House

One by One, by Ruth Ware Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz Crooked House, by Agatha Christie

Nov 22, 20203 min read

Mystery and Suspense: The Truants, The Thursday Murder Club, and Only Truth

The Truants- Kate Weinberg The Thursday Murder Club- Richard Osman Only Truth- Julie Cameron