4 & 3 /5 stars An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, by Hank Green (2018 & 2020) An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - 4/5 stars Walking home from work in the wee hours in NYC, April May stumbles upon what initially appears to be an art installation - a ten-foot tall, metallic, robot/transformer-like statue in Samurai armor. Impressed with the piece, she calls her best friend Andy to come meet her there and record a video with the statue, which she names Carl, and post...

5/5 stars Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, by John Green (2025) "People who are treated as less than fully human by the social order are more susceptible to tuberculosis. But it's not because of their moral codes or choices or genetics; it's because they are treated as less than fully human by the social order." Only John Green could make the history of tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, interesting, topical, and moving....

5/5 stars The Society of Unknowable Objects, by Gareth Brown (2025) Ooooh I enjoyed this almost as much as The Book of Doors! A very close second. You don't need to have read The Book of Doors to enjoy it - all different characters and magic - but there is a fun nod to the book at the end of Unknowable Objects that hints at, perhaps, a cross-over book on the way, which would be awesome. Where The Book of Doors has magical books that do different magical things, this novel is an assortment of...