Tag Archives: POC

The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Thistle

Best book of the year so far, hands down. Also: major spoilers in this review. A man commissions a Golem created for him to be his wife right before he sails from Danzig to New York. He awakens her halfway … Continue reading →

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Out of the Easy, by Ruta Sepetys

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Thistle

Spoilers. New Orleans, French Quarter, 1950s. Josie is the daughter of a neglectful prostitute, and is being raised mostly by the house Madam (named Willie) and a quarter-black taxi driver named Cokie. Josie is smart and dreams of escaping New … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Madness Underneath, by Maureen Johnson

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Thistle

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The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway (audio)

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Thistle

I have no idea what to say about this book. On the one hand, it is about an old fisherman from Havana who has spent many months unable to hook a fish, and then when he finally does, the fish … Continue reading →

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East of the Sun, by Julia Gregson (audio)

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Thistle

Viva is returning to India, and to afford her passage, she becomes a chaperone for three young people also heading to India. There’s Rose, who is going to be married to a Calvary officer whom she hardly knows. There’s Victoria, … Continue reading →

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Unspoken, by Sarah Rees Brennan

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Thistle

Kami Glass is normal in most ways – lives in a small British town, runs the school newspaper, has a great best friend, loves her family – but she’s got one peculiarity that sets her apart: she never grew out … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Mind of my Mind, by Octavia Butler

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Thistle

This is the second book (both chronologically and published) of the patternist series. I recently read Wild Seed (first chronologically, fourth published) and loved it, and wanted to continue on with the series. At this point, the series focuses on … Continue reading →

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Sweetness in the Belly, by Camilla Gibb (audio)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Thistle

Lilly is born to British parents, but raised in Africa by a devout Muslim teacher, and eventually moves to Ethiopia as a teenager. When Ethiopia is torn apart by war politics, she becomes a refugee in London, and eventually turns … Continue reading →

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami (audio)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Thistle

I’ve never read anything by Murakami before. He’s one of those authors that scares me, probably because a long time ago I heard a rumor about some sort of animal brutality in his book Kafka on the Shore. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Pavilion of Women, by Pearl S. Buck

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Thistle

As Madame Wu reaches her fortieth birthday, she makes a decision that will change the life of everyone in her multi-generational housing complex. She decides that she will retire from being a woman, and bring a concubine to live with … Continue reading →

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