Category Archives: Adult

Carlyle’s House and Other Sketches, by Virginia Woolf

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Thistle

This is an interesting little book that I picked up solely because I love Virginia Woolf and thought it would be fun to read through some of her writing sketches. I didn’t realize that instead it would be extracts from … Continue reading →

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The Hour Before the Dawn, by William Somerset Maugham

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Thistle

So I really thought this book was going to be the end of my reading rut. I haven’t read a book I loved loved loved since The Tapestry of Love back in early October, and when I started this lesser-known … Continue reading →

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Illyria, by Elizabeth Hand

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Thistle

The Tierney family all descended from a theatre tradition, though for several generations, that tradition has been shunned. The two youngest cousins, Rogan and Maddy, both have stage inclinations though, the former to singing, the latter to acting. They are … Continue reading →

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Protected: Claudine at School, by Colette

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Thistle

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The Alchemist (graphic novel), by Paulo Coelho

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Thistle

I read The Alchemist back in March of 2009. Despite the fact that the book bordered the edge of something I wouldn’t normally like, I enjoyed the book. It was true enough to itself to not step over the line … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dates in Basra, by Jessica Jiji

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Thistle

There’s a lot going on in this book, so it’s going to be a bit difficult to try to sum up in a paragraph. Sweet Dates in Basra takes place in 1940s Iraq in a time of political and religious … Continue reading →

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Black No More, by George Schuyler

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Thistle

In a dystopian 1930s America, a scientist invents a procedure to change black people into white people in appearance, thinking that he will be solving America’s racial problems. As blacks flock to his hospitals to undergo the three day treatment, … Continue reading →

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Spirit of the Elephant, by Gill Davies

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Thistle

I adore elephants, so when I saw this book on the clearance rack at B&N, I knew I had to get it. The book is half photography and half information on elephants. The photography in the book is beautiful, if … Continue reading →

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender (audio)

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Thistle

When Rose is almost nine years old, she bites into a slice of cake and tastes something underneath the lemon and chocolate. Something empty and hollow, as if the cake is sad, longing, desperate. She knows instantly that this is … Continue reading →

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Rites of Compassion, by Willa Cather and Gustave Flaubert

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Thistle

Rites of Compassion is part of the 2×2 series of books published by The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. According to the back of the book: The 2×2 series pairs literature, usually by men and women, … Continue reading →

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