Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in November 2022
Can you believe it’s time for the final Between the Bookends of 2022? We wish you a happy holiday season filled with reading time.
Continue ReadingCan you believe it’s time for the final Between the Bookends of 2022? We wish you a happy holiday season filled with reading time.
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the annual GeekMom Halloween Reading Roundup 2022. In this week’s first post, I’ll be focusing on books for adult readers.
Continue ReadingThroughout June, GeekMom celebrates Pride Month. Today’s book review is ‘The Civil War of Amos Abernathy’ by Michael Leali.
Continue ReadingThroughout June, GeekMom celebrates Pride Month with lots of LGBTQ content. Today’s book review is ‘Outrageous!’ By Paul Baker.
Continue Reading‘Otherlands’ by Thomas Halliday takes readers on a trip through Earth’s past, painting pictures of long-gone landscapes and their inhabitants.
Continue ReadingLearn about your favorite historical writers and artists in these collections of correspondence.
Continue ReadingAs summer draws to an end, Sophie, Scott, and Amy are excited to share eight of the books they have been enjoying recently.
Continue ReadingLearn about ‘Star Trek’: The Original Series became a perfect setting for Midcentury Modern design.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie explores a wide range of non-fiction and picks up some interesting fiction too.
Continue ReadingHere are seven fantastic books that each teach a bit about a different area of U.S. history.
Continue Reading‘History Comics: The Challenger Disaster’ by Pranas T. Naujokaitis is a middle-grade graphic novel that explores the disaster in detail.
Continue ReadingLearn about 25 influential women of the 20th century art and design world in this new book.
Continue ReadingToday marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Though it was supposed to allow for universal suffrage, it didn’t quite achieve that, but it was a step in the right direction and a major part of the effort to apply laws equally. We here at GeekMom […]
Continue ReadingI have reviewed dozens of educational apps, games, activity books and more, here is a roundup of over 50 of these, organized by subject.
Continue Reading‘The Vanished Bride’ reimagines the Brontë sisters as amateur sleuths before they wrote the novels for which they would become immortalized.
Continue Reading‘Space Dogs’ by Martin Parr looks at the history of the Soviet Union’s space dogs program and the dogs that worked there in detail.
Continue Reading‘History Heroes: Space’ is a card game for ages eight plus that teaches kids and adults about all aspects of space exploration.
Continue Reading‘Placing the Past’ is a card game that asks players to place historical events into chronological order & challenge their opponents.
Continue ReadingTake a peek at the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their Disney-designed mascot at the WASP WWII Museum.
Continue ReadingHermes is the mischievous and likable messenger of the Ancient Greek gods, bringing music, medicine, and laughter to humans. In this bright picture book by award winner Mordicai Gerstein, children can meet this fun character.
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