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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
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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- audio
- BBAW
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- circus horror
- classics
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- comfort
- Cosmere
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- divinity
- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
- fanfiction
- favorite
- fitness
- food
- gender studies
- goals
- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
- joint review
- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
- memorable
- Middle East
- mini-review
- multi-read
- nonfiction
- photography
- place-character
- POC
- portentous
- psychology
- quarantine
- race report
- readathon
- reread
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- RIP-worthy
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Posted in 2009, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged humor, joint review, LGBTQIA
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Baking Cakes in Kigali, by Gaile Parkin
Once again, I have a reason to be so happy I went to ALA. I picked this ARC up at some booth – not even sure which – because I haven’t read many things about Africa and thought this sounded … Continue reading
After the Moment, by Garret Freymann-Weyr
As anyone who has grown up surrounded by romance novels could tell you, they all end on moments that are certain and right. But this book is not about that moment. It’s about what came after. Maia is a trainwreck. … Continue reading
After, by Amy Efaw
Warning: gushing, incoherent review coming up… When a baby is found barely alive in a garbage can outside an apartment complex, the last person anyone would expect is model student, soccer star, straight-laced Devon Davenport. No one – not even … Continue reading
Breathless, by Jessica Warman
Breathless is about Katie Kitrell, a strong swimmer from a dysfunctional family. Her older brother, Will, is schizophrenic, and when he becomes violent, Katie’s parents send her to boarding school to keep her safe and out of the way. Once … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Prose, Young Adult
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The Last Days, by Scott Westerfeld
This is the most disappointing Westerfeld I’ve ever read. Normally, I love his books. Spoilers if you haven’t read PEEPS. If you have or don’t plan to, you should be fine to read on. *No* spoilers from The Last Days. … Continue reading
Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi
So what happens when a group of close women get together for an afternoon of tea and talk? Embroideries takes us through an afternoon of frank talk by women in their own little circle. The more I read of Satrapi’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Adult, Visual
Tagged gender studies, Middle East, nonfiction, POC, translation
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So Yesterday, by Scott Westerfeld
This book is commercialism on steroids! The characters are almost like superhero sales-people! What a weird concept. Hunter Braque is a Trendsetter or “cool hunter.” He goes out looking for the people who come up with new ideas on their … Continue reading
Nothing But Ghosts, by Beth Kephart
This is a hard book to describe in a synopsis. The main character is Katie. It’s the summer before her senior year, and she’s struggling with grief after the loss of her mother. She works as a gardening assistant for … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Prose, Young Adult
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