Category Archives: Prose

The Trial, by Franz Kafka + graphic novel

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Thistle

Spoilers. Josef K. wakes up on his 30th birthday to find himself arrested. No one will tell him why, and he’s free to go about his own business in the meantime. Over the course of a year, he must defend … Continue reading →

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Mind-Rain, by Multiple Authors

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Thistle

Mind-Rain is a collection of essays by various authors about Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. It is literary analysis, though not necessarily academic. Some essays were more academic than others. Westerfeld, who edited the book and wrote introductions, also included two … Continue reading →

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An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Thistle

Colin Singleton, a child prodigy in the mildest sense (meaning he didn’t grow up to be a genius, though still very smart), has a fetish of sorts about girls named Katherine. He’s only ever dated Katherines, and he’s been dumped … Continue reading →

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Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Thistle

I hardly know what to say about this book. I’m not even going to try to describe the plot. A plot description really doesn’t tell you anything. Each moment of this book illuminated nothing but the moment before it, nothing … Continue reading →

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The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind, by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Thistle

Morgan lives in Central Nowhere, Nebraska, where people are “all about family values…but that’s only as long as your family and your values are just like everyone else’s.”** She’s dating a dumb-but-kind football player who bores her, she lusts after … Continue reading →

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Reincarnation, by Suzanne Weyn

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Thistle

If you are found worthy you will go directly to the next world. If not, you may have to return to this one to acquire further enlightenment. …The unraveling is the journey. Four souls, locked in a love-quadrangle fraught with … Continue reading →

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Protected: Wait Till Helen Comes, by Mary Downing Hahn

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Thistle

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Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Thistle

The storyline to Boy Meets Boy is both very simple and very convoluted. Paul is a high school sophomore, dealing with all the regular things high school sophomores have to deal with. His best friend Tony suffers at home because … Continue reading →

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Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Thistle

Thimble Summer was published in 1938 and won the Newberry Medal in 1939. It’s about a 9-year-old girl named Garnet growing up on a farm in rural Southwestern Wisconsin. The book takes her through several months during one summer, through … Continue reading →

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Beneath My Mother’s Feet, by Amjed Qamar

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Thistle

Nazia lives in working class Karachi, Pakistan. Her family is not rich, but she and her siblings are still able to go to school, and her mother does not have to work outside the home. However, when Nazia’s father is … Continue reading →

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