Book Reviews
and News for Geeks Like Us
I started listening to podcasts about 6 months ago, and ever since then I’ve been scrambling to find new podcasts I want to listen to. “Harry Potter & The Sacred Text” is one I look forward to every week.
“Harry Potter & the Sacred Text” is a weekly podcast hosted by Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile that treats the books of Harry Potter as if they were sacred— that is, as if they had truth and wisdom that could be gleaned from the pages.
“Thank you all for coming to listen to me talk about physics on such a lovely day,” Kakalios greeted the audience, “Obviously you are all a bunch of nerds.” His kind of people.
Kakalios is the author of best-selling The Physics of Superheroes and came to Powell’s Books shortly after the release of his newest popular science book, The Physics of Everyday Things.
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. Is this really true? Cover art, for better or for worse, is an integral part of a book.
The 2016 finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Novel were announced!
Halfway through Dewey’s 24-hour Readathon event and we’re still going strong. 1. What are you reading right now? I’m just starting Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. I really enjoyed meeting her at an author event and I’m very excited for this book. Jason is reading Lock In by John Scalzi and Taylor is reading Waiting […]
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Operation: Quotation Challenge! We really enjoyed reading all of the quotes. We picked 3 winners at random. Operation: Quotation! Winners Here are the quotes our random winners chose! “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” […]
We love quotes. Here at geekylibrary, we read with post-it flags in hand, ready to mark our favorite quotes. We’ve built an enormous quote library. We include a quote in every book review. And above all, we like sharing quotes. Here are some of the more bookish quotes we’ve found. Now it’s your turn! To […]
Dewey’s 24-hour Readathon is a twice-yearly online event and the perfect excuse to read all day long.
On Friday April 15th, accomplished scientist Hope Jahren came to Powell’s City of Books in Portland to talk about plants, science communication, and her new memoir, Lab Girl.
Marie Brennan, author of the amazing Lady Trent Memoirs that began with A Natural History of Dragons came to Powell’s Books in an event that was a treat for fans.
As we celebrate the successful return of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket first stage, we take a look at some references to sci-fi.
Hugo Nominations are due tomorrow, March 31st at midnight: Here are my favorite books of 2015 and other picks on my nominating ballot.