Tag Archives: speculative

The Monk, by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Thistle

I hardly know what to say about this book, it was such a trip. It was like a 1700s gothic Harlequin romance adventure thriller allegory! Every gothic element you can think of was in the book, excepting the whole vampire/zombie/werewolf … Continue reading →

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My Name is Memory, by Ann Brashares

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Thistle

I keep trying these books about love through multiple lives, but just like with Reincarnation last year, this was not what I was looking for. It was too young, the topics too shallowly-touched on, the plot too predictable. I probably … Continue reading →

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Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Thistle

No Spoilers Section Excited anticipation, with a little hesitance as well – that’s how I met with Mockingjay the morning I got up early and went to Walmart, forcing the lady stocking the books to open up a box so … Continue reading →

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Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Thistle

The year is 1976. Dana, as a black woman married to a white man, has a myriad of race-related issues in her life. It’s not a good time period for interracial marriages, and both family and friends (on both sides) … Continue reading →

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Foiled, by Jane Yolen

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Thistle

Allie has grown up fencing and is really good at what she does. Perhaps too good. Perhaps more people than she knows have taken notice of her. Chris said in his review that this was a strange book all the … Continue reading →

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The First Escape, by GP Taylor

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Thistle

Sadie and Saskia Dopple are twins in a nasty boarding home for orphans. They are separated when a wealthy woman named Muzz Elliott decides to adopt Saskia. Sadie then escapes from the boarding home with their friend Erik Ganger. Many … Continue reading →

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Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Thistle

Sam has it easy in high school. She and her three best friends are part of the most popular circle. They can get away with pretty much anything, and they do. Then one night, on the way home from a … Continue reading →

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Plain Kate, by Erin Bow

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Thistle

Kate was born to the local carver of Similae, and is quickly nicknamed Plain Kate by the townspeople. Under her father’s tutelage, she learns to carve like a master. Unfortunately, the townspeople view carving with suspicion, thinking that magic is … Continue reading →

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Winter’s End, by Jean-Claude Mourlevat

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Thistle

It’s difficult to summarize this book. I suppose, in short, it’s about a group of kids who escape from a tyrannical boarding school and join a resistance movement against their totalitarian government. I got the book, which translated from the … Continue reading →

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Metropole, by Ferinc Karinthy

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Thistle

Budai steps through the wrong door at the airport, so that his flight takes him not to Helsinki, where he’s expected at a conference, but to a vast and unknown city filled with hoards of people all speaking different languages. … Continue reading →

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