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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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- education
- end of year
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- Harry Potter
- health
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- house
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- I made a thing.
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- Latin America
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- lists
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- Middle East
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Tag Archives: POC
Wires and Nerve: Gone Rogue, by Marissa Meyer
This is the second (and I believe final) volume of this short graphic novel series that takes place after the Lunar Chronicles. Iko is the primary narrator, and she’s on earth fighting rogue wolf-soldiers who are intent on revenge against … Continue reading
The City of Brass, by SA Chakraborty
Nahri is a con-woman in 19th century Cairo with a few magical abilities that she uses to survive. Then one night, those magical abilities accidentally call a djinn to her, and suddenly she’s on the run from demons and discovering … Continue reading
Protected: Into the Bright Unknown, by Rae Carson
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged gender studies, historical, LGBTQIA, mini-review, POC, speculative
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City of Miracles, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Since this is the third book in a series, I don’t want to give a synopsis and spoil previous books. A few quick details: This installment takes place nearly twenty years after the first book and follows Sigrud (a side … Continue reading
City of Blades, by Robert Jackson Bennett (audio)
City of Blades takes place five years after the end of the first book in this series, City of Stairs. General Mulaghesh – a side character from the first book – is called out of retirement to do some reconnaissance … Continue reading
All the Crooked Saints, by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)
From GoodReads: Here is a thing everyone wants: a miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: what it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, audio, divinity, dream-invader, historical, Latin America, memorable, place-character, POC, portentous, RIP-worthy, speculative
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City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett (audio)
From GoodReads: The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions — until its divine protectors were killed. Now, Bulikov’s history has been censored and erased, its citizens subjugated. But the … Continue reading
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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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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