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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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Tag Archives: divinity
The Gifts That Bind Us, by Caroline O’Donoghue
After the traumas of spring, life is meant to go on as normal. Except now, Maeve and her friends are filled with burdening magic, stressed by separations and worries of the future, and suspicious of new activity from the extremist … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative, tarot
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The Second Blind Son, by Amy Harmon (audio)
From Goodreads: An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by a blind cave dweller. … Continue reading
All Our Hidden Gifts, by Caroline O’Donoghue
Maeve is a bit of an outcast at school, trying desperately to fit in by any means necessary, even if that means cutting out older, un-cool friends like Lily. Her most recent stunt comes when she discovers a contraband pack … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative, tarot
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Night Theatre, by Vikram Paralkar
A surgeon is about to close up his dilapidated clinic in an Indian village when three dead strangers appear. They beg to have their wounds healed up before dawn, at which point, they’ll have a new chance at life if … Continue reading
Becoming Odyssa, by Jennifer Pharr Davis
Subtitled: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail. In 2005, Pharr Davis was just out of college and not sure what to do with her life. All she knew was that she wanted to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, solo, and … Continue reading
The First Girl Child, by Amy Harmon (audio)
From Goodreads: Bayr of Saylok, bastard son of a powerful and jealous chieftain, is haunted by the curse once leveled by his dying mother. Bartered, abandoned, and rarely loved, she plagued the land with her words: From this day forward, … Continue reading
Grave Importance, by Vivian Shaw (audio)
As a favor to a friend (and a bit of vacation for herself), Greta Helsing takes over as director at a health and wellness spa for mummies in the south of France. There, she encounters an odd condition she’s never … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, divinity, favorite, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative
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The Invisible Girls, by Sarah Thebarge (audio)
Sarah Thebarge grew up in a fundamentalist household, which later caused her severe anxiety issues, and a personal crisis of faith when she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in her late 20s. After several years of cancer treatments and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, body image, divinity, nonfiction, POC, psychology
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The Poppy War, by RF Kuang
Rin is a war orphan who does everything she can to escape the life of an opium-smuggler’s errand girl and become one of Nikara’s elite trained soldiers. With the country drifting once again toward war, Rin discovers that learning to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Adult, Prose
Tagged Asia, divinity, historical, mini-review, POC, psychology, speculative
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Callback: Elantris
I first read Elantris by Brandon Sanderson back in 2012, and I’ll direct you to that link for a synopsis and/or my original review. It’s been nearly six years, and it was time to revisit the story and this world. … Continue reading