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Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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- education
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- gender studies
- goals
- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
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- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
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- Middle East
- mini-review
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Author Archives: Thistle
2013 in Books
Well, another year has come and gone. I admit, it wasn’t a great year for reading. Actually, since I began keeping track of books in 2008, it’s been my worst year in reading. I’ve had other really bad years – … Continue reading
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath (audio)
This is the third or fourth time I’ve experienced The Bell Jar, though the first time on audio. I don’t normally listen to rereads on audio if I already have a strong attachment to the book, but Jason said Maggie … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, classics, favorite, gender studies, memorable, portentous, psychology, reread, shredded me
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Protected: Untold, by Sarah Rees Brennan
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Protected: Born of Illusion, by Teri Brown
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Posted in 2013, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged historical, speculative
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Oddly Normal, by John Schwartz (audio)
Subtitled: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. This is a memoir about the author’s gay son, his suicide attempt at age thirteen, and the general troubles that gay people – especially gay … Continue reading
City of Lost Dreams, by Magnus Flyte
Spoilers. The adventures continue for Sarah et al, as they search out a cure for Pollina’s illness, and Nico searches out some way to end his immortality. The book takes place mostly in Vienna this time, but with forays into … Continue reading
Protected: To Have and Have Not, by Ernest Hemingway (audio)
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Protected: The Dark Between, by Sonia Gensler
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Posted in 2013, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged historical, speculative
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Cooked, by Michael Pollan (audio)
Took me forever to listen to this one because I did it over NaNoWriMo! This is Michael Pollan’s nonfiction book about cooking – the origins, the methods, etc. It’s split into four parts roughly coordinating with the four elements, so … Continue reading
Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil, by Xavier Garza
This is a collection of folktales and creepy children’s stories out of Mexico (and out of Mexican-American communities in southern Texas). There are 14 stories in the collection, which is a bilingual collection – Spanish one direction for half the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Children's, Prose
Tagged collection, Latin America, POC, RIP-worthy, speculative
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