So far it’s fantastic. They did a big series of digs in the area several years ago, and found out a lot. That’s what the book is about–connecting Stonehenge with the other monuments all over the place, especially Durrington Walls, which nobody knew much about before. It would probably be a great Christmas present if she likes reading about postholes and worked flints! https://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Understanding-Mysteries-Greatest-Monument/dp/1615191933/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479757672&sr=1-1&keywords=stonehenge+pearson

I was too — but North Korea is so fundamentally implausible that the truth is almost inevitably stranger (and more interesting) than fiction.

Everfair was extremely fun to read. It’s one of those books that you maybe don’t want to dip in and out of? I sat down and gave it some dedicated reading time, and that made it work for me. It has a lot of time jumps so it does require some concentration from the reader.

Not only are you not the only person in the world who isn’t much amused or diverted by steampunk, Nisi Shawl herself is one of those people! She wrote this book as kind of an antidote to the things she’s never liked about steampunk.

Yay, read it! It’s a quick read, so you can do it on a plane or something like that. 🙂

YES YES READ EVERFAIR, I have been pushing it on everybody.

That DOES sound fascinating! I want to have one of my New Year’s reading resolutions be to read more science books, but then on the other hand I also want to read more history books, and like, I have a finite number of hours available for reading nonfiction. What to doooooooooo.

Yesssss, read it! And then read Nothing to Envy — both super fascinating books!

Excellent! They’re both good, and I’d also recommend Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy, if you want to know more about the lives of average North Koreans.

Any time!! I love reading about new places — one day I will know everything, Lory!