Tika writes from her home office in Pittsburgh, PA, accompanied by 3 grey cats and many, many plants. When not plonking away on a keyboard, she can be found painting, knitting, gardening, and casting the occasional spell or two -- all usually accompanied by a glass of wine.
Science fiction has a lot to say about where we'll be concerning things like technology, but what does it have to say about our food?
Footnotes vs. Endnotes. Which do you prefer as a reader, and what do they mean, anyway? Tika tells us what's what.
These kids, both fictional and real, show us that it's not just adults who have great ideas that can bear fruit.
Is Madeline a call for universal healthcare? Is Miss Clavel psychic? Bemelmans leaves us with more questions than answers.
There's still a void of happily single women depicted in fiction, despite there being more single women in fiction.
On the challenging but rewarding process of decolonizing one's science fiction reading, and tips for how you might do so, too.
There are so many good books every year, and how to pick and choose is always a struggle. So, what book should I read next?
Cyrano, the newest movie adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, comes out this week! But there are lots of other Cyrano retellings to enjoy, including Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare.
Get to know the celebration of Yule through books and bookish traditions.
Explore the background and reasons for creating a herbarium, including what they are and why they're deeply important to natural history.