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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
• The Dream Thieves
• Firstborn
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Landline
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• WinterCategories:
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Now I Rise, by Kiersten White
After And I Darken, the paths taken by the three main characters have diverged. Lada (Vlad the Impaler) has gone back to Europe to try to claim the throne of Wallachia. Mehmed (sultan of the Ottoman Empire) plans to conquer … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, gender studies, historical, LGBTQIA, Middle East, POC, revisiting
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Mrs. Fletcher, by Tom Perrotta
Eve Fletcher is a divorced single mom whose only son has just gone off to his freshman year of college. As she struggles with empty nest syndrome, she finds herself addicted to internet smut, while simultaneously taking a class in … Continue reading
And I Darken, by Kiersten White
From Goodreads: No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, dream-invader, gender studies, historical, LGBTQIA, Middle East, POC, revisiting
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Pantsuit Nation, by Libby Chamberlain
Note: While I’ve listed Libby Chamberlain as the author, she’s actually the editor of this book and the person who put it all together. The content of the book is from many different individual sources. Not long before the 2016 … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Adult, Visual
Tagged collection, gender studies, LGBTQIA, mini-review, nonfiction, POC
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Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, dream-invader, LGBTQIA, speculative
Different Class, by Joanne Harris
Roy Straitley has been a St. Oswald’s teacher for over thirty years. He’s not easily ruffled, and he survived the events of the previous year. St. Oswald’s isn’t doing as well after those events, though, and there’s a new crisis … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Adult, Prose
Tagged dream-invader, LGBTQIA, multi-read, place-character
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Like a River Glorious, by Rae Carson
Leah Westfall is now in California with the remains of the ragtag group she traveled west with in Walk on Earth a Stranger. Her uncle is still after her, and she knows she has to let some of her closest … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged comfort, gender studies, historical, LGBTQIA, POC, speculative
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