Category Archives: Adult

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thistle

The Younger family lives in a tiny, cockroach-infested apartment with a shared bathroom in the hall. They split two rooms between the five of them: Mama, her two children Walter and Beneatha, Walter’s wife Ruth, and Walter and Ruth’s son, … Continue reading →

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West With the Night, by Beryl Markham (audio)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Thistle

Beryl Markham grew up in Kenya. In her adulthood, she first worked with race horses and later became a pilot. At one point, she crossed the Atlantic from Europe to North America solo, one of the first people to do … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (audio)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thistle

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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Thistle

Oh Jane Eyre, how I love you!! Sigh. This is my second time through Jane Eyre (if I don’t count the graphic novel version and the several movie versions I brought home), and I love it just as much as … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (audio)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Thistle

After a rough divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert set off on a year’s journey through Italy, India, and Indonesia. This book is her memoir of that year. I’ve considered reading this book for years now, but never really had any motivation to … Continue reading →

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Troll: A Love Story, by Johanna Sinisalo

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thistle

Mikael (aka Angel) has just broken up with his boyfriend to date a new guy, but the new guy, conflicted about his sexuality, rejects him the night they go out. Mikael returns home, drunk and dejected, to find a baby … Continue reading →

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Passing, by Nella Larsen

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Thistle

One day as Irene is visiting Chicago from New York, she meets up with an old friend of hers from childhood, Clare. Both women are African American, but pale-skinned enough that they can “pass” as white. Irene has chosen not … Continue reading →

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Mondays in the Middle East, by David Cross

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Thistle

Mondays in the Middle East is a collection of emails. David Cross and his family lived in the Middle East for many years, where he studied the culture. Every week on Monday he would send an email home to friends/family … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Craddock, by William Somerset Maugham

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Thistle

When Bertha Ley falls in love with a farmer on her family’s land, Edward Craddock, she flies against convention to marry beneath her. Her love is passionate, violent, and irrational, while Edward’s love for her is calm, sensible, and steady. … Continue reading →

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Stories, by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thistle

Nearly 70 short stories fill this volume, which is supposed to be all of Nabokov’s known short stories. I read most of these over the last few weeks of December, leaving only a handful to finish up in 2011. I’ve … Continue reading →

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