Category Archives: Adult

Nana, by Émile Zola

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Thistle

Nana doesn’t really have a plot I can describe. It involves a woman named Nana, a cheap “tart” as she’s called who sells her body for money but not on the streets like a prostitute. She’s picked up by a … Continue reading →

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Carnet de Voyage, by Craig Thompson

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Thistle

Carnet de Voyage is Craig Thompson’s illustrated travelogue/travel journal over two months visiting France, Spain, and Morocco. He was partly doing research for his upcoming book Habibi (which I’m very much looking forward to) and partly on tour for international … Continue reading →

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Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Thistle

I hardly know how to describe this graphic novel. I suppose it’s about two Asian-Americans who are dating each other, Ben and Miko. Ben is cynical and pessimistic. He’s also obsessed with non-Asian culture (ie he likes to fantasize about … Continue reading →

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Voodoo Season, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Thistle

Marie Levant moves from Chicago to New Orleans during her medical residency. Once there, she begins to have strange dreams that haunt her, and her knowledge of the patients that come into the emergency room border on sixth sense. Indeed, … Continue reading →

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Seeking Sara Summers, by Susan Gabriel

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Thistle

Sara’s life as a middle-aged mom, wife, and teacher is thrown into upheaval when she gets breast cancer. Over the last year, she’s fought the illness, continually apologized to her husband for being sick, and downplayed the seriousness of the … Continue reading →

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Little Children, by Tom Perrotta

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Thistle

Sarah doesn’t fit in. She takes her daughter to the playground near her home in an upper-middle class suburb, but she knows she’s different from the other moms there. While they talk about fatigue, sex, and their daily schedules, conversation … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Thistle

Ten strangers with guilty consciences are invited for different reasons out to Indian Island. They don’t expect to be suddenly called out on their crimes, or to begin dying off one by one. Now they’re in a race against time, … Continue reading →

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Protected: Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Thistle

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The Untelling, by Tayari Jones

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Thistle

When Aria was a child, her family was ripped apart by a car accident that killed her father and baby sister. The rest of her adolescence was spent with an older sister who just wanted to get away and a … Continue reading →

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An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Thistle

Because I was so sad that The Importance of Being Earnest ended so quickly, I dove right into a second play of Wilde’s that I hadn’t even planned to read right away. An Ideal Husband was different. It had less … Continue reading →

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