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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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- atmospheric
- audio
- BBAW
- body image
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- circus horror
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- comfort
- Cosmere
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- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
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- gender studies
- goals
- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
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- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
- memorable
- Middle East
- mini-review
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- nonfiction
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- POC
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Tag Archives: LGBTQIA
Kissing Kate, by Lauren Myracle
Lissa and Kate have been best friends for years, but right before their junior year in high school, the two make out at a party, and suddenly Kate acts as if Lissa no longer exists. Lissa is left confused, both … Continue reading
The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind, by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Morgan lives in Central Nowhere, Nebraska, where people are “all about family values…but that’s only as long as your family and your values are just like everyone else’s.”** She’s dating a dumb-but-kind football player who bores her, she lusts after … Continue reading
Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan
The storyline to Boy Meets Boy is both very simple and very convoluted. Paul is a high school sophomore, dealing with all the regular things high school sophomores have to deal with. His best friend Tony suffers at home because … Continue reading
The Meaning of Consuelo, by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Set in the 1950s in rapidly-modernizing Puerto Rico, this is a coming of age story similar to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Consuelo Signe is growing up in a four-person home, with parents who cannot get along and a younger … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Adult, Prose
Tagged gender studies, historical, Latin America, LGBTQIA, POC
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Readathon: Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
This is a graphic novel memoir. Alison Bechdel’s father was a hands-off sort of person, the type of dad who favored his restoration furniture over his kids. He was also a closet homosexual who had multiple affairs (sometimes with teenage … Continue reading
The Bermudez Triangle, by Maureen Johnson
This is a character-driven book. It deals with relationships, friendship, sexuality, loyalty, and love. It deals with what happens to people when they let the world know they’re gay (both the good and the bad). It deals with long distance … Continue reading
November Ever After, by Laura Torres
Spoilers. About a year ago, I stumbled across a description of this young adult fiction book while searching for another title, and it looked interesting. Amy is dealing with the recent loss of her mother, and throughout the book, discovers … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 