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Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
We’re back today after our unplanned hiatus to share an acquisition from back in January that finally made it off our TBR list… Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao…
The Eclectic Abecedarium
So if you’re a regular patron of the Butterflies & Aliens Library, you probably know that I have a particular fondness for alphabet books and also miniature books.
Well imagine my delight at discovering that Bruce Peel Special Collections has as part of its collection a miniature edition of The Eclectic Abecedarium by Edward Gorey…
Book of the Month: Notes on a Case of Melancholia, or: A Little Death
Okay, so April may have gotten a bit chaotic for us here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library. We meant to do a bit of an update earlier. We did not.
So we’re going to sneak in this one post as a Book of the Week for the whole month so we don’t completely miss out on posting in April…
Book of the Week: What We Talk About When We Talk About Books
This week’s Book of the Week is a double recommendation, first discovered by our Butterfly-in-Chief who then recommended it to our Head Alien, who has been recommending it widely, and now to you, dear patron…
Book of the Week: The White Road
One of my favourite types of books to read are fiction novels set in a remote and cold setting with some intense survival element. And I figured out a long time ago that I love these types of books because I am a big wuss and would definitely die if I was the main character. Reading these kinds of books allows me to live these extreme circumstances without leaving the warmth and comfort of my home.
So, when I saw the cover of The White Road by Sarah Lotz on the bookstore shelf, pre-pandemic, I had to pick it up…
Book of the Week: Moon of the Crusted Snow
For this week’s Book of the Week we have a book that first came out in 2018, with its sequel just released last year. Call it an anti-dystopia?
Book of the Week: Child of the Morning
We are taking a trip in the way-back machine this week for our Butterflies & Aliens Library Book of the Week!
Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge was published in 1977 and I read it for the first time in 1988. It was a pivotal read for me as an eighteen year old…
Book of the Week: I Do Not Eat Children
For this week’s Book of the Week, yes, it’s a picture book again… #SorryNotSorry
Book of the Week: Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
It’s Monday and welcome to a new Butterflies & Aliens Book of the Week!
I love to read a variety of books across genres, fiction and nonfiction, and my non-work reading is typically entwined with my mood and personal interests. Those who know me know that I love biological sciences and music, so when I came across Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider by Stephen B. Heard I felt like I hit the reading jackpot…
Book of the Week: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
This week’s Book of the Week has already gotten a bit of coverage, but I decided I wanted to make it my pick anyways. In the spirit of romance and friendship for V/Palentine’s Week – and because it features a bookstore!…
Book of the Week: The Melting Queen by Bruce Cinnamon
This week’s Book of the Week is not quite as recent but it’s a good one well worth sharing…
Book of the Week: The Three Little Tardigrades by Sandra Fay
This week’s Book of the Week is my turn to share a picture book, and it’s a new favourite of mine: The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale, written and illustrated by Sandra Fay, designed by Gene Vosough, and published just days ago by Henry Holt & Company…
