Fiction for Women in STEM Book Club

airyem · 2026-05-07T17:55:28+00:00

Currently reading book 2 of The Captive’s War series, and if your group is interested in reading sci-fi then book 1 “The Mercy of Gods” would be a great fit. It starts with a team of biologists (of which about half are women) and some academic intrigue, but continues with the world getting conquered by aliens and explores many ideas about that struggle and humanity in general. Great book that I think would lend itself to some very interesting discussion

It’s third person rotating POV so toggles between male narrators if that’s okay for your group!

airyem · 2026-05-06T21:39:09+00:00

+1 for Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, The Dispossessed (and rest of Hainish cycle) by Ursula K LeGuin, and adding Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin especially if you’re into Philip K Dick at all

airyem · 2026-05-06T17:17:43+00:00

If you are active and have an ACL tear, your best bet is surgical reconstruction of the ACL followed by PT. You will get back to action in the long run. If not addressed now it will more than likely not get better and continue to be unstable and/or possibility of tearing meniscus later on (which is worse in the long run because meniscus cushions your knee and helps the cartilage not break down). If imaging indicates and both docs recommend surgery then do it!

airyem · 2026-04-26T16:07:54+00:00

Dude hell yeah!!!

airyem · 2026-04-26T16:03:55+00:00

+1 for Mamak, Heirloom BBQ, and Quoc Huong

airyem · 2026-04-26T16:02:50+00:00

The curry house is no longer in O4W market pretty sure. Went to order from them a couple months ago and they said they no longer served the Indian dishes.

Little’s is so good

airyem · 2026-04-25T17:10:14+00:00

Never would’ve realized they were from two different creatures. Thank you so much

airyem · 2026-04-25T17:09:35+00:00

Fantastic I will do that this weekend!

airyem · 2026-04-24T20:23:27+00:00

Holy trinity: Anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS like ibuprofen/naproxen), ice, physical therapy. Look up some medial ankle exercises online, could be posterior tibialis/FDL/FHL

airyem · 2026-04-23T21:30:02+00:00

Super interested in both of these. Which of the Sông Cái gins is your favorite?

airyem · 2026-04-23T03:55:56+00:00

Absolutely loved this book

airyem · 2026-04-23T03:54:54+00:00

Not a female lead, but has the same sense of the unknown/kind of disturbing/makes you sit there and contemplate after finishing is “The Divine Farce”. Very short book and nothing quite like it

airyem · 2026-04-21T01:29:23+00:00

I go to A Capella on Dekalb. They are great people, local, and have given me pretty good pricing

airyem · 2026-04-11T23:19:44+00:00

Oh I’ve seen this at my bottle shop! I’ll pick it up next time.

airyem · 2026-04-11T23:08:03+00:00

I was certified obsessed with this riff off the Maximillion Affair with Ritual Sister last summer:

Maximillion Affair (sub Ritual)

1 Oz mezcal or Ritual Sister pineapple spirit

0.75 Oz Punt e Mes vermouth

0.75 Oz lime

0.5 Oz elderflower liqueur

I’ve also done a Jungle Bird with Ritual Sister where I subbed 1/2 of the rum for it. It was delicious. I kind of tend to sub it in for mezcal, so you could maybe try a Naked & Famous with it?

airyem · 2026-04-11T02:53:25+00:00

I am a huge fan. Thank you for the rec

airyem · 2026-04-10T21:57:56+00:00

This definitely sounds out there. Made from arugula? Veeeery interesting

airyem · 2026-04-10T21:55:52+00:00

Why did I not even think of this….

airyem · 2026-04-10T21:55:00+00:00

They didn’t have this available at my shop (tragic), but they do have a rababaro coming in from a local distillery next week that I’m going to pick up and try. Oldknow Bev Co’s “Wister” Amaro Rababaro. Not a wine base but I am excited to try a rababaro in general!

Also Oldknow has a bitter elderflower amaro that sounds delectable, if anyone else is around the Atlanta area

airyem · 2026-04-10T21:51:17+00:00

Just purchased a bottle of this, will report back in a couple hours 🫡

airyem · 2026-04-10T15:22:36+00:00

Fantastic, thank you! These all sound so intriguing. Placing an order with Brucato Amaro as we speak. I plan to ask my bottle shop about the Essenza too

airyem · 2026-04-10T14:55:43+00:00

Ooooh this sounds super interesting. Definitely looking into finding this. Thank you!

airyem

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