Happy Ada Lovelace Day! If you have no idea who this holiday commemorates, you are not alone. One of my book clubs is reading biographical fiction this year, and we chose Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini as our October selection. Our discussion is tomorrow, so we will be celebrating a day late. π For those of you who don’t know, Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, the only child of Lord Byron, was a math prodigy and heralded as the first computer programmer. So to honor her memory, my TTT list includes characters who know their way around a laboratory, a science lecture, or math class. The characters all have some connection to STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) — geologists, computer scientists, lab techs, math teachers, physicists, just to name a few. While some of these books reinforced my choice of English as a college major π , I am very glad that more and more women are entering occupations once filled only with men.
For more favorite book settings, check out That Artsy Reader Girl.
Iβm on a romance kick this year, and I am so here for Let It Be Me! Looks really good. π
Lori
https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/10/11/ttt-favorite-book-settings/
You will love it!
Already grabbed it from the library! Thanks for the rec. π
I love this list! Ada was such an intelligent woman.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-favourite-book-settings/
Thanks!
This post was a lot of fun. Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2021/10/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-bookish.html.
Thanks for sharing!
Very creative take, love it!
Thx!!
Enchantress of Numbers sounds fascinating! I’ve read a few books on your list — I love Let It Be Me.
I LOLed at your English major comment. I can relate, though I do enjoy math/arithmetic when it doesn’t involve variable letters (ahem, algebra).
And I spent 23 years keeping my husbandβs books! Luckily not a lot of algebra involved. π