First Friday Recs – Page 2

First Friday Rec: Legends & Lattes

Title: Legends & LattesAuthor: Travis BaldreeGenre: Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQIA+Pages: 305Publication Date: 2022StoryGraph* Moods: Lighthearted, Hopeful, RelaxingHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: SciFi/Fantasy Book ClubOther Books by Baldree: Bookshops & Bonedust*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. This series had popped up in a few conversations over the years, and I’ve been meaning to read it – andContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Legends & Lattes”

First Friday Rec: 2001

Title: 2001: A Space OdysseyAuthor: Arthur C. ClarkeGenre: Science Fiction, Fiction, ClassicPages: 297Publication Date: 1968StoryGraph* Moods: Adventurous, Mysterious, ReflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: SciFi/Fantasy Book ClubOther Books by Clarke: So Many*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. I spent a lot of time looking forward to the year 2001 – but not because of a bookContinue reading “First Friday Rec: 2001”

First Friday Rec: The Sum of Us

Title: The Sum of UsAuthor: Heather McGeeGenre: Nonfiction, Politics, RacePages: 464Publication Date: February 8, 2022StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Reflective, HopefulHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Armchair Expert podcast interviewOther Books by McGhee: The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers)*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: McGee explores the concept and disadvantages of zero sum thinking: theContinue reading “First Friday Rec: The Sum of Us”

First Friday Rec: Horse

Title: HorseAuthor: Geraldine BrooksGenre: Literary Historical FictionPages: 464Publication Date: January 16, 2024StoryGraph* Moods: Emotional, Informative, ReflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Assigned for book clubOther Books by Brooks: Fiction – Year of Wonders, March, The Secret Chord, People of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing. Nonfiction – Foreign Correspondence, Memorial Days (Memoir), Nine Parts of Desire: TheContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Horse”

First Friday Rec: The Nineties

Title: The NinetiesAuthor: Chuck KlostermanGenre: Nonfiction, essays, HistoryPages: 384Publication Date: January 31, 2023StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Reflective, FunnyHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Wandering around B&NOther Books by Klosterman: But What if We’re Wrong?, Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century, Raised in Captivity*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description:Continue reading “First Friday Rec: The Nineties”

First Friday Rec: Babel

Title: BabelAuthor: R.F. KuangGenre: Fiction, Fantasy, HistoricalPages: 560Publication Date: August 29, 2023StoryGraph* Moods: Dark, Emotional, ChallengingHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Book ClubOther Books by Kuang: The Poppy War Trilogy, Yellowface*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: A young orphan boy is taken from his home of China and brought to England to study translation (whichContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Babel”

First Friday Rec: Solito

Title: SolitoAuthor: Javier ZamoraGenre: MemoirPages: 384Publication Date: October 11, 2022StoryGraph” Moods: Emotional, Tense, SadHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Book ClubOther Books by Zamora: Unaccompanied*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: A nine-year-old boy takes a three-thousand-mile journey from El Salvador to join his parents in the U.S. – traveling through Guatemala, Mexico, and the SonoraContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Solito”