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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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- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
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- Harry Potter
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- house
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Tag Archives: gender studies
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
This book is about two women, Miriam and Laila, who are married to the same abusive man, Rasheed, in Kabul. The two women are about twenty years apart in age, and the book explores their lives prior to, during, and … Continue reading
The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Minor spoilers. Rather than post a plot summary of this book, I’d rather take you through my thoughts about the story as I went along. This book blew all my expectations out of the water, simply put. I expected to … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Adult, Prose
Tagged Asia, atmospheric, body image, classics, favorite, gender studies, historical, memorable, POC, portentous
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Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden
All I can say is – wow. This book is utterly amazing. Considering it came out in the last decade or so, that’s really extravagant praise from me. Nearly every word was perfect (though I thought the “translater’s note” at … Continue reading
In the Land of Invisible Women, by Qanta A. Ahmed
I hardly know what to say about this book. I’ve been trying to read it for the last two weeks, and though it’s only 437 pages long, I struggled to get through it. I don’t want to say it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose
Tagged divinity, gender studies, Middle East, nonfiction, POC
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The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Spoilers. Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some. This book comes so highly recommended that I feel bad saying the dreaded words: I didn’t like it. I wanted to like it. But I … Continue reading
Kabul Beauty School, by Deborah Rodriguez
As opposed to The Bookseller of Kabul, I really enjoyed this book. It is about an American woman who goes to Afghanistan with a relief group. She’s a hairdresser, not a medical professional or any other professional whose skills were … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose
Tagged body image, divinity, gender studies, Middle East, nonfiction, POC
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte
This recommendation was made by a woman at my non-online book club when we discussed Jane Eyre last month. Before just over a year ago, I’d never read anything by any of the Brontes, and have now read all three. I … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 