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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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Tag Archives: nonfiction
Pedro and Me, by Judd Winick
This graphic novel is about Pedro Zamora, a gay Cuban immigrant who contracted HIV at age 17, became an public speaker about AIDS, and died at age 22. He and the author, Judd Winick, were roommates on The Real World … Continue reading
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson
Roy and Silo are two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who became a couple. They bonded the same way a male and female penguin normally do. They made their own nesting area, and they tried to hatch egg-sized … Continue reading
A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One’s Own is adapted from a series of lectures Virginia Woolf gave on the topic of “Women and Fiction.” In them, she concludes that in order for a woman to write, she must have money and a … Continue reading
Mind-Rain, by Multiple Authors
Mind-Rain is a collection of essays by various authors about Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. It is literary analysis, though not necessarily academic. Some essays were more academic than others. Westerfeld, who edited the book and wrote introductions, also included two … Continue reading
Yemen, by Liz Sonneborn
The Enchantment of the World series is a set of books about different countries written for about middle-school aged kids. Each has a different author. Each one discusses the geography, history, government, religion, culture, holidays, plants, animals, economy, industry, education, … Continue reading
The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank
Anne Frank began this diary on her 13th birthday, June 14, 1942. A couple months later, her family went into hiding in Amsterdam with two other families. For two years, they lived in tense conditions. The diary closes on August … Continue reading
We Are On Our Own, by Miriam Katin
Random note: This was my first review on The Zen Leaf (original) instead of 5-Squared. And God said: Let there be light, and there was light…and it was good. And then one day, God replaced the light with darkness. We … Continue reading
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
Bogus to Bubbly, by Scott Westerfeld
Subtitled: An Insider’s Guide to the World of Uglies. Originally, I didn’t plan to review this book. I mean, it’s a guide book to a fictional series – not really all that interesting to those who haven’t read the series, … Continue reading
Shadows on the Grass, by Isak Dinesen
I read Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (pen name for Baroness Karen Blixen) about a year ago. It was an interesting book, a memoir about Blixen’s experiences in Africa. She lived there nearly two decades, and had much interaction … Continue reading
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