Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Larry Gonick has finally released the volume that may be the missing link to getting my brain back in fighting shape:
The Cartoon Guide to Algebra! [link]
When I'm trying to study physics, I get so lost in the math. With this book alongside my Cartoon Guide to Physics, I'll be able to feel like a smart person again.
Nice! I love Gonick, and I'm glad to see he's including some history as I think it's particularly interesting (as history of math goes, which is to say extremely interesting to me)
Cartoon Guide to Physics helped me pass that class. I yam forever grateful for the visual assistance. If only the Algebra Cartoon Guide had been available too. Now I know what DH is getting for his birthday.
I got the Guide to Calculus, but that was definitely a case of running before I could walk. I couldn't even get past the prologue to the prologue.
edit: I think I need to take another stroll through all the Guides to History, just for fun.
Similarly, I'm tempted by this week's Humble Book Bundle with kids' guides to programming languages and other things that I feel I'd like to have a better grasp of but have defeated me when I've tried to study them previously:
eta: Including, I just noticed for Connie, The Manga Guide to Calculus.
Connie, if you're still interested in Calculus, you might take a look at (deep breath) Prof. E McSquared's Calculus Primer: Expanded Intergalactic Version. Endorsed by Martin Gardner!
Wrassle that subplot!
My first Lightspeed book review column is up! I reviewed A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord, Pacific Fire by Greg van Eekhout, and Stranger by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith.
And I got PAID to do it.
Such a rockstar, P-C!