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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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Category Archives: Prose
Sunday Coffee – Rereads and Minis
It’s been a strange reading month for me. I’ve read a lot, far more than usual, and reviewed very little. The majority of that is due to rereads. After Readathon last month, I felt like diving back in to some … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Adult, Book Talk, Prose
Tagged dream-invader, mini-review, psychology, Sunday Coffee
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Literally, by Lucy Keating
Annabelle has the perfect life – until the plot-twists begin. Suddenly, her parents are separating and they’re selling the house she’s grown up in. A new boy appears at school and he’s perfect for her, but Annabelle is drawn toward … Continue reading
Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
Someone has been killed at a themed, costumed, school trivia night. There should be multiple witnesses, yet all claim to have not seen. Speculation abounds. Perhaps it was the alcohol in the punch that night, much more potent than it … Continue reading
Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor
From Goodreads: The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, dream-invader, favorite, memorable, multi-read, POC, psychology, speculative
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Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (audio)
There is very little I can say about this book. It’s a letter from father to son, an unfolding of personal experience regarding discrimination and the arbitrary line of racial division. This personal narrative grows into something more, an enclosed … Continue reading
Callback: the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
Back in 2012, I first read Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. I fell in love with the book and gobbled both it and the sequel up over the next couple months. I didn’t get to read the … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, callback, favorite, memorable, reread, speculative
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In Twenty Years, by Allison Winn Scotch
Six friends live together in a townhouse off campus. Friends forever, they think, not expecting the end of college to change that. On their last night of school, Bea asks them to write a letter to their 40-year-old selves. Only … Continue reading
