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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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- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
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- favorite
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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
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Tag Archives: LGBTQIA
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, memorable, 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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Protected: The Savage Dawn, by Melissa Grey (audio)
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Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, dream-invader, LGBTQIA, speculative
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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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Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo (audio)
Crooked Kingdom is the followup to Six of Crows. As far as I’m aware, this is a two-book series and there won’t be further volumes. (There are, however, some indications that there might be more books coming in this world … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, dream-invader, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia
A dilapidated hotel. A November weekend. A pair of elfin-looking twins. A sociopath music director. A missing girl. A volatile conductor. An a cappella boy band. A legendary murder-suicide celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. A blizzard that traps everyone inside. This … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, favorite, historical, LGBTQIA, place-character, portentous, psychology, RIP-worthy, WTF moments
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The Scorpion Rules, by Erin Bow
It’s the future, and AIs rule the world. Talis, one of the first AIs, was charged by the UN to stop the wars sparking all across the globe after too many natural resources disappeared and conflict swelled proportionately. They didn’t … Continue reading
The Shadow Hour, by Melissa Grey (audio)
Sequel to The Girl At Midnight. Caveat: I barely remember this book, despite having just listened to it. This is not the book’s fault. This is entirely my fault, as I listened to it while doing about a thousand other … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged audio, LGBTQIA, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Something New, by Lucy Knisley
Subtitled: Tales From a Makeshift Bride As evidenced by the title and cover of this graphic novel, Lucy Knisley takes us through the year of her wedding planning and eventual ceremony. And just as with other Knisley books, I was … Continue reading