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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…
Book of the Week: The Compendium of Srem by F. Paul Wilson
It’s Monday and time for a new Butterflies & Aliens Library Book of the Week!
Last year when I was in Houston in October of 2023, I stopped by a lovely independent bookstore called Murder By The Book. They are a specialty bookstore that focuses on mystery and crime books.
And this weird little book caught my eye, so I bought it.
