Category Archives: Year

Lilacs and Other Stories, by Kate Chopin

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Thistle

This is the second collection I’ve read in my informal short story project this year. For 24 days, I read one story every morning to complete this collection. Originally, I thought this collection contained all of Chopin’s short stories, but … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde (audio)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thistle

The Fourth Bear is the second title in the Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde, following The Big Over Easy. Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of the Nursery Crime Division of Reading’s police department are back for another mystery, this … Continue reading →

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If You Follow Me, by Malena Watrous

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Thistle

Marina and Carolyn, both twenty-two and just out of college, decide to teach English in Japan for a year. Marina is, in a way, running away from her father’s suicide the previous year, and Carolyn simply doesn’t know what to … Continue reading →

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A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thistle

The Younger family lives in a tiny, cockroach-infested apartment with a shared bathroom in the hall. They split two rooms between the five of them: Mama, her two children Walter and Beneatha, Walter’s wife Ruth, and Walter and Ruth’s son, … Continue reading →

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West With the Night, by Beryl Markham (audio)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Thistle

Beryl Markham grew up in Kenya. In her adulthood, she first worked with race horses and later became a pilot. At one point, she crossed the Atlantic from Europe to North America solo, one of the first people to do … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter à l’École des Sorciers, by JK Rowling

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Thistle

This is the first book I’ve read in French since late summer 2001. It’s been a really long time since I did anything with my French at all, and I knew it was just about time to try to see … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (audio)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thistle

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Skunk Girl, by Sheba Karim

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Thistle

Nina is a Pakistani-American Muslim girl in a small town in New York. She feels like an outcast among most of her schoolmates because she can’t date or go out with friends, plus she thinks she’s very ugly, especially because … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Thistle

Oh Jane Eyre, how I love you!! Sigh. This is my second time through Jane Eyre (if I don’t count the graphic novel version and the several movie versions I brought home), and I love it just as much as … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (audio)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Thistle

After a rough divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert set off on a year’s journey through Italy, India, and Indonesia. This book is her memoir of that year. I’ve considered reading this book for years now, but never really had any motivation to … Continue reading →

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