27 January 2020

Life on Toast #53 - 55


Spent the weekend in Death Valley, so you get 3 for the price of one today! Click below for the others

24 January 2020

Book Review on Toast #7


It takes a deft hand to make a history lesson read like an adventure novel. Alexander von Humbolt has long been one of my favorite naturalists. Read this one and find out why.

02 January 2020

Book Reviews on Toast #6 and my Yearly Book List

Welcome to 2020! Below you'll find the annotated list of books and articles I read in 2019. I am pleased I got through as many as I did considering I headed back to school in January (again). I do enjoy learning new things.
  1. What Goes Around - Emily Chappell. A London cycle courier's story. I don’t know London, so the distances often meant nothing to me. Very accessible all the same.
  2. Ghosts in the Asylum - Roger Alford. The Black Spectre origins volume 1. Eh. Won’t read the rest of the series. 
  3. Biketopia - Elly Blue ed. Feminist bicycle science fiction stories. 
  4. Turn or Burn - Boo Walker. Some ebook I downloaded, most likely for free. Pretty bad.
  5. The Norma Gene - M.E. Roufa. Super goofy clone fun. Good vacation fluff.
  6. Parasite - Mira Grant. Really good, if a little creepy.
  7. Mastering ArcGIS, 7th Edition - Maribeth H. Price. Learning a new skill, woo-hoo!
  8. Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders - Kevin Sylvester. A teen chef with an incredible sense of smell helps solve murders. Fun!
  9. Fast Company Dec 18/Jan 19 issue. One of the journals we get at work. Article on Janelle Monae pulled me in.
  10. What School Could Be - Ted Dintersmith. Insights and inspiration from teachers across America. Read most of it before I finished cataloging it for the library.