Melinda Brasher

This is the time of year I have fun reflecting on my last year's reading list. Some stats: Books read:  50 But don't be too impressed: ...

Like many of you, I do the Goodreads yearly book challenge. My goal was to read 50 books and I managed to read 52. Of course, half of...

Here are the best books I read in 2021 based purely on my enjoyment: 1) Look Big; and other tips for surviving animal encounters of all...

Here are the best books I read in 2020, based purely on my enjoyment: 1) Extraordinary Birds, by Sandy Stark McGinnis—A beautiful middle...

Okay, yes, I'm dating myself here. One summer between university semesters, I worked at a day camp for kids. We had board games. We had...

Here are some of the books I remember liking most from my high school years. You'll notice a high proportion of fantasy, science fiction,...

This is an interesting list of the 1000 books with the most reviews on Goodreads. It's a mix of classics and popular literature, with...

I love historical fiction, and to me it shares a lot of similarities to fantasy and science fiction in that the characters inhabit a...

I was thinking back on some of my favorite fantasy and science fiction novels of my childhood. I haven't re-read these lately (except...

This isn't a fantasy novel. It's non-fiction. But some of the facts are so bizarre and fantastical that I drew inspiration from it. The...

I enjoyed this. It's a strange style, with lots of "dear reader"-type sections where the narrators address the reader directly. It quite...

Here are the best books I read in 2019, based purely on my enjoyment 1) The Other Side of Lost, by Jessi Kirby, a YA novel about a girl...

This is a book I found on a "Best of 2019 YA Literature" list.  I really enjoyed it. It has a sort of Groundhog Day premise, with our...