Tag Archives: speculative

Readathon: Ghost Cat, by Beverly Butler

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thistle

Annabel is spending the summer with her great-aunt and -uncle and a bunch of cousins she’s never met. She would rather be at home with her mother, and feels very out of place on the lonely Wisconsin farm. But soon … Continue reading →

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Readathon: The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thistle

Manfred is desperate for his only son to wed and carry the family lineage down in the Castle of Otranto. There is a prophecy that says that the Castle will return to its rightful owner when that owner is “too … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Amphigory Also, by Edward Gorey

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thistle

This is the third collection of Gorey’s graphic short stories that I’ve read, and I actually think it might be the best of the three. I split it up a couple stories at a time all day during the Readathon … Continue reading →

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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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