4 Star Reviews

The Queen’s Thief Series, by Megan Whalen Turner (Audio)

May 12, 2012

So, I originally read this entire series in August 2010. And I liked them well enough. But I didn’t love them. Then, during Chachic’s Queen’s Thief week, I read this post by Angie of Angieville bibliovangelizing the series. It was then I knew that I had to reread the whole thing. Well, at least, re-experience [...]

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The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg

May 7, 2012

Title: The Power of Habit Author: Charles Duhigg Pages: 302 Originally Published: 2012 Format I Read: Adobe Digital Edition (via Netgalley) Publisher: Random House Rating: ____________________________ While I usually eschew books with any sheen of self-help about them, I could not resist the very title of The Power of Habit. Habits are something I am [...]

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Mini Reviews

May 4, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, I’ve been posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is the last round! Check out round one, round two, and round three, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Wednesday Wars, by Gary [...]

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Mini Reviews

April 10, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round three. Check out round one and round two, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by [...]

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First Love, Last Rites, by Ian McEwan

April 5, 2012

I can sum up this collection of eight stories in one word: disturbing. I have some more words for it though, if you’re interested: macabre, beautiful, crafted, horrific, and tragic. But even better than my words are Ian McEwan’s words, quoted frequently below. But first, in general, note that I have to be rather opaque [...]

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M.C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton

March 26, 2012

I didn’t know much about this Newbery Medal (and National Book Award) winner by Virginia Hamilton except that I’d never read it, so I jumped at the chance to get the ebook from Open Road via NetGalley. Here’s the blurb: Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind [...]

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Sense and Sensibility vs. Persuasion

March 23, 2012

Versus is a feature in which two books face-off. Anything goes in the judging, but only one can be the winner. NOTE: As this is a discussion of books by Jane Austen, whose plots most everyone knows, there are some spoilers. I’d read Persuasion before. I liked it. But I was interested to see how [...]

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Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich

March 15, 2012

Did you know that it is officially Louise Erdrich month? Emily declared it so, and I jumped on the wagon. I had both Shadow Tag and The Plague of Doves on my shelves and, after a brief perusal of both, I started with Shadow Tag. Gil is a brilliant artist, and his wife, Irene America [...]

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