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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
• Bellweather Rhapsody
• Carry On
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• A Face Like Glass
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• Nekropolis
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The UnitCategories:
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Category Archives: Review
Strange Planet, by Nathan Pyle
I think most people will recognize the cover art of this book – if not the specific picture, then the style of it. Strange Planet (the comic) has been around quite some time, though I’m not sure of specifics. All … Continue reading
Burnout, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (audio)
Subtitled: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Self-help is definitely out of my comfort zone, but I really loved Emily Nagoski’s Come As You Are (one of my favorites of 2015), so I decided to give this one a … Continue reading
White Sand Volume 3, by Brandon Sanderson and Rik Hoskin
My thoughts on this third volume of White Sand remain very similar to previous volumes: 1 – I’m not a fan of the artwork in these graphic novels. This illustrator was different in this volume, but kept with the same … Continue reading
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, by Kate Racculia
Tuesday Mooney is comfortable with her life. She has a job she excels at, her own apartment, a couple close friends, and lots of introvert time. Part of her knows that she’s just a teensy bit bored with the routine, … Continue reading
Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab
Cass’ family is next set to travel to Paris, where folks seem to be far more skeptical about the supernatural than they were in Edinburgh. If she thinks this means Paris is freer of ghosts, she learns otherwise in the … Continue reading
The Art of Theft, by Sherry Thomas (audio)
An old friend of Mrs. Watson is in town, and she desperately needs Sherlock Holmes’ – aka Charlotte Holmes’ – help. I listened to this book while a bunch of chaos was happening at my house. While it was really … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, gender studies, historical, mini-review, revisiting, RIP-worthy
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House of Salt and Sorrows, by Erin Craig
Four of the twelve Thaumas sisters have died, and people are beginning to think that the family is cursed. The girls are desperate for suitors and jump greedily at the chance to use a magical door that will take them … Continue reading