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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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- audio
- BBAW
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- Cosmere
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- divinity
- dream-invader
- education
- end of year
- fanfiction
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- gender studies
- goals
- good omens
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
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- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
- memorable
- Middle East
- mini-review
- multi-read
- nonfiction
- photography
- place-character
- POC
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- psychology
- quarantine
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Tag Archives: speculative
The Gardener, by SA Bodeen
I’m sort of puzzled how to review this book, because everything about it is a spoiler. The cover, the tagline on the cover, the back-of-the-book description – all spoilers. If you look at that picture, you can tell exactly what … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling
Warning: This review necessarily contains spoilers. If you have not read this series and might one day, please don’t read any further! We’ve come to the final installment of my Harry Potter hardback/paperback comparison. It was in finally getting the … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, Children's, Prose
Tagged Harry Potter, humor, memorable, multi-read, reread, speculative
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling
It’s Month 6/Book 6 of my Harry Potter hardback/paperback comparison! Half Blood Prince is one of my two favorite HP books, so I was very excited to dive into it. This is the first month where I’m reading the paperback … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, Children's, Prose
Tagged favorite, Harry Potter, humor, memorable, multi-read, reread, speculative
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Matched, by Ally Condie
Cassia lives in a future world where the government controls all aspects of life, from your job to the number of kids you can have to the date of your death. Most importantly, the government is also responsible for choosing … Continue reading
Voodoo Season, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Marie Levant moves from Chicago to New Orleans during her medical residency. Once there, she begins to have strange dreams that haunt her, and her knowledge of the patients that come into the emergency room border on sixth sense. Indeed, … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, divinity, POC, RIP-worthy, speculative, WTF moments
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A Certain Slant of Light, by Laura Whitcomb
Helen is Light. She died over a hundred years ago and is now only kept out of a personal hell by clinging to one host after another. Invisible to the people around her, she does nothing but watch and try … Continue reading
Protected: Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling
So it’s month 5 (a couple days early…) and book 5 for my Harry Potter hardback/paperback comparison. The hardback version of Order of the Phoenix was actually where I discovered the discrepancies between the two versions. The story, in brief: When … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, Children's, Prose
Tagged favorite, Harry Potter, humor, memorable, multi-read, reread, speculative
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Black is for Beginnings, by Laurie Faria Stolarz
The fifth book of this series is a graphic novel. Stacey is dealing with relationship issues (won’t say anything further as I don’t want to spoil earlier books) and also dreaming about a little girl she once knew a long … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Visual, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, mini-review, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Skellig, by David Almond
Michael has just moved into a new house with his parents and newborn sister. While his parents care for his sister, who is very ill, Michael explores the falling-apart garage out in the yard. Once in there, he finds a … Continue reading
