![]() ![]() Basically every feeling I know, I had to process in this book. It has been a while since a book has been able to hit me in the feels, and oh boy, this one did it. The tension between the characters was phenomenal and kept me turning pages faster and faster to finally see if my own vision of Xingyin’s future would actually come true. Daughter of the Moon Goddess introduced one of the very few love triangles that I actually enjoyed. ![]() ![]() The stories for each of the characters were beautifully woven together despite the variety of motivations and goals. After reading (and loving) Daughter of the Moon Goddess It was so nice to see the surprises keep coming. I was repeatedly surprised and intrigued by the direction the story took. Heart of the Sun Warrior took all of my expectations for where I thought the story was going and threw them right out the window. The amount of adventure, and character development that fit between the pages of this book was incredible. I don’t even know where to begin with this book. ![]()
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![]() ![]() We should be reading and recommending a racially diverse selection of authors all year round. ![]() That said, as has been noted by many Latinx bloggers and bookstagrammers (I really recommend this article in particular from on Insta), a lot of the people currently reading and posting about these authors do not mention them at all the rest of the year. Here in the book community, we celebrate by reading, and seeing my WordPress and Instagram feeds fill with recommendations of authors familiar and new to me has been wonderful. Now Camino and Yahaira are both left to grapple with their grief, their new-found love for one another and what it will take to keep their dreams alive.ġ5 September – 15 October is Latinx Heritage Month, a 30-day celebration of the culture and contributions of Latinx, Hispanic and Latin-identifying people around the world. ![]() Separated by distance – and Papi’s secrets – the two sisters are forced to face a new reality in which their lives are forever altered. In New York, Yahaira is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. Note: trigger warning for sexual assault.Ĭamino lives for her father’s visits to the Dominican Republic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once you get the historical stuff (it's not a lot), Dirac gives a conceptually self-contained introduction to the mathematics, the notation, and the physics, while Feynman is path-integral friendly, so you can go on to read Feynman and Hibbs, or Mandelstam and Yourgrau without any delay. There is no unified presentation of the historical material except on Wikipedia, and this is why these pages are up there. This is wrongly left out of most books, and this is a shame. I would suggest reading the following Wikipedia pages for a historical perspective, which helps a lot with historical literature: You don't need so much deep stuff, although knowing Poisson brackets is handy for seeing the vestigial quantumness in the classical mechanics structure. ![]() The classical mechanics you need to know is not very sophisticated either- you just need to know Newton's laws, and how they come from a Lagrangian or Hamiltonian, which is covered in standard sources. There is not much to it, the requisite background is very primitive linear algebra, and Dirac's book "The Principles of Quantum Mechanics" and Feynman's "Lectures on Physics Vol III" can be read with Wikipedia help without any prerequisites. I would suggest that you don't do any preliminary reading, and just learn QM directly. ![]() ![]() ![]() To make matters worse, her mom is out of town, and there's no way she's going to ask her awkward dad for help! Tahlia always feared that growing up would be tough, but this is just not fair. ![]() But when the Red Goddess of Panties, aka her first period, arrives twenty-four hours before the party, it messes up all her plans. Twelve-year-old Tahlia Wilkins is ready to kick off the perfect summer, starting with an invitation to a pool party being thrown by the most popular kid in school. ![]() The night's conversation will be moderated by author Aisling Fowler. A great book for readers ages 9+.Ībout Grow Up, Thalia Wilkins!: In this fun and truthful romp about friendship, puberty, and growing up, a debut author gives modern-day readers their own version of Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. Once Upon A Time is excited to launch Grow Up, Tahlia Wilkins! by debut author Karina Evans! Join us for a fun event full of embarrassing moments, growing pains, ending with friendship to the rescue. Awkward and relatable, puberty is never easy! ![]() ![]() ![]() Lockwood's prose becomes crisp and matter-of-fact: "The tech could see everything - the head that was measuring ten weeks ahead of the rest of the body, the asymmetry in arms and legs, the eyes that would not close - but she wasn't allowed to say anything about it." ![]() The main character's pregnant sister, a cheerful participant in a world of vulgar, amusement-driven prattle, discovers that something is wrong with her child in utero: "Proteus syndrome," the chances of which were "one in a billion." The novel sustains this tone for so long that the reader must scramble to adjust when the lacquer of inanity cracks and all-consuming sorrow pours forth. Lockwood's narrator both mocks the portal and mirrors it, leaping from one subject to another, often in service of a punch line. ![]() |