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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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Tag Archives: portentous
Curfew, by Jayne Cowie
For fifteen years, women in Great Britain have been safe. Ever since the reforms of 2023, women have had equal pay, domestic work compensation, free and easy access to healthcare such as birth control and abortion, strict laws re: violence … Continue reading
Gallant, by VE Schwab
Olivia has no home, not among family, not at the girls’ orphanage/school where she’s begrudgingly given a place. She has no voice, can make no sound, and so the other girls and the matrons turn away from her. Then one … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, historical, portentous, RIP-worthy, speculative
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The Book of Cold Cases, by Simone St. James
In her spare time, Shea maintains a website and blog called the Book of Cold Cases, looking into theories and evidence of unsolved crimes. She never expects to run into Beth Greer, the so-called “Lady Killer” of the 70s, acquitted … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, dream-invader, gender studies, historical, portentous, speculative
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Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry
Subtitled: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone In March 2011, an enormous earthquake shook Japan. Afterwards, one of the largest earthquake-driven tsunamis swept over communities in the northeast part of the country. In this book, Parry lets the survivors … Continue reading
Home Before Dark, by Riley Sager
Maggie has grown up in the shadow of her father’s book, the one that claims that – true story! – their family lived in a haunted house for three weeks when she was five. The book is utter nonsense, she … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, memorable, portentous, RIP-worthy, speculative
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The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell
When Libby Jones discovers that her birth parents have left her a house on her 25th birthday, she doesn’t know what to think. Then the house turns out to be dark, oppressive, and creepy. And that’s before she reads the … Continue reading
A Heart in a Body in the World, by Deb Caletti
Annabelle is running. Running from her past. Running from her future. Just running. From Seattle to DC, her grandpa as her support team in his old RV, her friends at home a self-appointed publicity team. She’s not running for a … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged dream-invader, gender studies, portentous, psychology
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Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Sancia is a thief-by-necessity in a world where class difference is sharply divided. She avoids those who have power, prestige, and wealth, but on a dangerous job which should pay a huge sum of money, she gets tangled up with … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, place-character, portentous, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy
Cousins Liv and Nora decide to take their families on a joint cruise vacation. Everything is lovely until a misadventure occurs while they’re on shore in Central America. Suddenly the kids are missing. I’m not going to say more than … Continue reading
Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
From GoodReads: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged Africa, atmospheric, divinity, dream-invader, favorite, POC, portentous, speculative
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