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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
• The Dream Thieves
• Firstborn
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Landline
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• WinterCategories:
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Pantsuit Nation, by Libby Chamberlain
Note: While I’ve listed Libby Chamberlain as the author, she’s actually the editor of this book and the person who put it all together. The content of the book is from many different individual sources. Not long before the 2016 … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Adult, Visual
Tagged collection, gender studies, LGBTQIA, mini-review, nonfiction, POC
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Protected: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, by Jen Waite
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Posted in 2017, Adult, Prose
Tagged nonfiction, psychology
This One Summer, by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Rose’s family goes to a cabin by the beach every summer. Barbecues, ocean dips, silly movies with her friend Windy from the next cabin over…only this summer is different. To say more would be spoiling it, so I’ll leave it … Continue reading
Protected: The Savage Dawn, by Melissa Grey (audio)
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Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, dream-invader, LGBTQIA, speculative
A Face Like Glass, by Frances Hardinge
The underground city of Caverna is known for two things: first for the magical delicacies they create (wines that erase specific memories, perfume that convinces you to trust the wearer, etc), and second for their doll-like faces. Babies born in … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, dream-invader, favorite, place-character, speculative
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The Perfect Stranger, by Megan Miranda
Leah Stevens is looking to start over, anonymous, after a scandal at her previous job as a journalist. Emmy Grey, her former roommate from years ago, is also looking for a fresh start. The two of them relocate to a … Continue reading
The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Cogman (audio)
Irene is a junior librarian in a library that exists outside all worlds. Her job is to retrieve manuscripts from various alternate worlds so that the library may preserve them. She’s just come back from a tedious mission and is … Continue reading
