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A New York Tate of Mind
A New York Tate of Mind
In which this reader and explorer reviews books, muses on literary (and other) matters, and shares some of her adventures.
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My 1-5 rating system:
1 = I did not like it and would not recommend it.
2= It was fine. Read it if the subject matter interests you.
3 = I enjoyed it and would recommend it.
4 = I really liked it, and think you should read it!
5 = One of the best books I've read.
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So You Want to READ About Race...
In light of the past weekend's unrest, and the past month's events, and the past centuries of systemic racism, I wanted to write a bit...
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Jun 1, 20204 min read
Review: Speak No Evil
2/5 stars Speak No Evil, by Uzodinma Iweala (2018) "A novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and...
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May 18, 20203 min read
Review: The Scribe of Siena
2/5 stars (for the shear enjoyment of mentally transporting me to back to beautiful Siena) The Scribe of Siena, by Melodie Winawer (2017)...
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May 16, 20203 min read
Review: Bellweather Rhapsody
4/5 stars Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia (2014) Murder, trickery, twins, music, delusions, accidents, a dog, a wedding, crushes,...
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May 6, 20202 min read
Review: Villains Series
4/5 stars The Villains Series - Vicious (2013), Warm Up (2013), and Vengeful (2018), by V.E. Schwab Warm up is a short story that goes...
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Apr 29, 20202 min read
Review: Disoriental
2/5 stars Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi (2016) Translated from the French by Tina Kover For Book Thieves, which meets to discuss the book...
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Apr 21, 20202 min read
Reviews: The Yellow Wallpaper & Jaw
Over the past few days I read two short books - a short story (which I first read at Bard College in a class with one of my favorite...
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Apr 8, 20202 min read
Review: Pax
2/5 stars Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, with illustrations by Jon Klassen (2016) The novel is about what Peter and Pax each get up to while...
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Apr 2, 20202 min read
What To Read While Quarantined
There are so, so many amazing books out there that it can be really hard to narrow the list down and decide what you want to sink into,...
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Mar 30, 20205 min read
Review: Moon Over Buffalo
2/5 stars Moon Over Buffalo, by Ken Ludwig (1995) For Blackfriars Theatre book club... This week we read Moon Over Buffalo - a play set...
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Mar 27, 20202 min read
Review: A Kind of Freedom
A note for my friends and family who follow my blog: These are crazy and scary times. I'm not always going to have something useful or...
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Mar 22, 20203 min read
Review: The Ghost Map
2/5 stars The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World, by...
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Mar 10, 20205 min read
Review: Euphoria
3/5 stars Euphoria, by Lily King (2014) This is the upcoming Writers & Books Turning Pages Readers Circle book. Turning Pages is a...
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Feb 27, 20203 min read
Review: Late Migrations
5/5 stars Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, by Margaret Renkl (2019) I'm having a hard time writing a review of this...
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Feb 4, 20202 min read
Review: The Broken Earth Trilogy
3/5 stars The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky - by N.K. Jemisin (2015, 2016, 2017) On the recommendation of my brother...
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Feb 1, 20204 min read
Review: Say Nothing
3/5 stars Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder & Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe (2018) A sentence near the end of the...
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Jan 24, 20202 min read
Review: The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
3/5 stars The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna, by Juliet Grames (2019) Set in Calabria, Italy, and Hartford, Connecticut, the...
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Jan 14, 20203 min read
Review: Evvie Drake Starts Over
2/5 stars Evvie Drake Starts Over, by Linda Holmes (2019) First read of 2020! There's something both soothing and disconcerting in...
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Jan 5, 20203 min read
Review: The Water Dancer
5/5 stars The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2019) Part historical fiction, part magical realism, Coates' debut novel is a vivid and...
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Jan 2, 20202 min read
2020 Reading Challenge
I spent some of the first day of 2020 crafting my reading challenge for the year, with an aim to stretching myself a bit more. I got rid...
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Jan 2, 20202 min read
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