But despite Agnes’s best attempts to home-brew a vegetarian blood substitute for Count, the ingredient she needs most can only be found at the Magic Market, far from the valley. Give both books to readers who fell in love with Tidesong or Witch Boy!Garlic loves spending time with Witch Agnes, Carrot, and her new friend, the Count, who has proven to be a delightful neighbor to the village of vegetable people rather than a scary vampire. A cozy, reassuring graphic novel about everyone’s favorite new heroine!īree Paulsen’s brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated follow-up to Garlic and the Vampire, serving up another tale of friendship, magic, and self-discovery. Publishing – and literary awards in particular – love to focus on young emerging writers, so it's quite nice to see someone coming to writing later in life and smashing it out of the park.In this delicious companion novel to Garlic and the Vampire, the beloved first book from Bree Paulsen, Garlic sets off on another adventure that tests her mettle. Plus, I'm tickled that Garmus was sixty-four when she published her debut, and it's gone on to sell so many squillions of copies. It's full of wit and heart, is quirkily endearing, and remarkably smart (but accessible). A charming and thoroughly enjoyable read, I can see how this novel has managed to capture such a huge chunk of the reading market. Set in an alternate version of 1960s America, Lessons in Chemistry is the story of an accomplished chemist, Elizabeth Zott, who runs up against the sexist and patriarchal world of scientific academia, and ends up scoring a victory for feminism when she becomes a TV celebrity for her grounded-in-science cooking show. With the adaptation of Bonnie Garmus's debut about to hit our screen I knew time was ticking (I'm a book-before-movie person) so I dusted off my old copy, and started reading. But the thing about working in books is that there's always a million and one books to read, and runaway bestsellers often end up at the bottom of the list because they don't need any help to sell. I first heard about Lessons in Chemistry way back before the book was published and thought to myself 'ooh, that sounds right up my alley!'. Lian Hingee is reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
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