bookgirl

My family read Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, the first book in a new-ish series about Hindu mythology from the Rick Riordan presents imprint. For those who aren't familiar with Rick

This past summer we decided to start up a family book club. My boys were excited about sharing their favorite books with us, my husband thought it was a good way to get them to read some non-fiction and

Last summer my husband took me and our kids to a presentation on Deep Learning and Neural Networks. He thought it would be fun for us. Yep, that’s what he said. Needless to say, 90% of the presentation

Recently someone described my profile picture as "the epitome of hygge." Huh? So, I did a little research on this Danish concept (pronounced hoo-gah) for coziness as a life philosophy and realized

Every so often I read a book, that just falls flat. There is nothing that stands out as being wrong with it, and when I go through the checklist-- plot, characters, writing quality-- it all check's out,

Pretty fucking wild! A French company is releasing a copy of Ray Bradbury's classic "Farenheit 451" where the pages must be kissed by flame before they can be read. This is a pretty great idea,

I recently took a short trip to Minneapolis/ St. Paul and in addition to touring the twin cities, I checked out a couple of their amazing bookstores. First up was Wild Rumpus located on an unassuming street

“Beautiful and full of monsters?” “All the best stories are.” This exchange from Laini Taylor’s YA Fantasy novel, Strange the Dreamer, could have been written about her latest book which is both beautiful

I recently read If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio. The novel tells the story of a group insular theater students at an elite conservatory who end up part of a murderous plot. In addition to murder (!!!),

In my last post I wrote about some of my favorite science-fiction reads from this summer. Now here are a couple I hard time getting through. 1. Ready Player One I know this is a beloved book for many,

I try to read a variety of books but while reviewing my reading list from this past summer I noticed that 5 of the books I read fall in to the sci-fi category. I do like science fiction, but 5 in a row?!

My name is Jill and I live in Los Angeles. Here's a picture of me in my backyard. So I was introduced to Steemit the same way I am was introduced to most technology-- my husband @kenweiner made me do it.