Category Archives: Prose

Protected: Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Thistle

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Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Thistle

The famous author Auschenbach travels to Venice on vacation. There, he sees a beautiful adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio. Auschenbach takes what he believes is an artistic interest in the boy, but his interest slowly devolves into a lustful obsession. … Continue reading →

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Mornings in Jenin, by Susan Abulhawa

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Thistle

Mornings in Jenin tells the history of Palestine through the eyes of four generations of Palestinians. It begins prior to the creation of Israel and the expulsion of Palestinians from their land, and goes through the siege on the refugee … Continue reading →

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Newes From the Dead, by Mary Hooper

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Thistle

Newes From the Dead is based on a case from 1650 England. A servant named Anne Green was hung only to wake up on the operating table just as physicians were about to cut into her for medical research. This … Continue reading →

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Baby Be-Bop, by Francesca Lia Block

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Thistle

This is a book about a boy coming to terms with his sexuality in a world that doesn’t want him around. It’s about love, it’s about hate, and it’s about understanding who you are. The message is a beautiful one: … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by JK Rowling

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Thistle

The Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my two favorite HP books, along with the Half-Blood Prince. I never get tired of it, no matter how many times I read it. This is Rowling at her best, in writing, in … Continue reading →

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The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Thistle

Humpty Dumpty falls off a wall to his death, but was it murder or suicide or accident? That’s up to Officers Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of Reading’s Nursery Crime Division to determine, if fellow officer and top story detective … Continue reading →

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Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Thistle

Galápagos is a sort of dystopian-science-fiction treatise on evolution. The world has sunk into depression, unknown bacteria are making women infertile, and WWIII is about to break out. Ten people – one male and nine females – end up on … Continue reading →

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Liar, by Justine Larbalestier

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Thistle

There will be absolutely no spoilers, not even a hint of them, in this review. Micah is a liar. Nothing she says can be trusted. And yet she swears that she didn’t kill her boyfriend Zach. She had nothing to … Continue reading →

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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Thistle

In a panic after seeing his ex, Nick turns to the stranger beside him at a bar and asks her to be his girlfriend for the next five minutes. Though her immediate instinct is to say no, Norah decides this … Continue reading →

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