Review: 12 Years a Slave
3/5 stars Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup (1853) This is the true story of one man's experience of slavery in the South, as a...
“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.”– Charles Baudelaire
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.
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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- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Night Tiger
2/5 stars The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo (2019) This book was solidly in the camp of "OK." The narrative follows two main characters in...
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tatedecaro
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Five
4/5 stars The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold (2019) It sounds morbid, but it's not....
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tatedecaro
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
4/5 stars The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab (2020) "France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
5/5 stars We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson (1962) This October, in the run-up to Halloween, I've been watching...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Review: The Vanishing Half
5/5 stars The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett (2020) In 2016 I read Bennett's debut novel, The Mothers... which was... ok. It was lacking...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Review: Disfigured
5/5 stars Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, by Amanda Leduc (2020) A fascinating book that is part memoir, part...
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tatedecaro
- Sep 13, 2020
- 4 min
Reviews: Name All the Animals / Women Talking
So, it's been tough for me to write about the last few books I've read because, while I don't lack for things to say about them or ways...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Review: In the House in the Dark of the Woods
3/5 stars In the House in the Dark of the Woods, by Laird Hunt (2018) "Here be magic birds, killer swarms, tepid wells, glamor magic,...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Review: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
4/5 stars Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, by Kate Racculia (2019) "The Westing Game meets the love child of the movies Ghost and Clue."...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 9, 2020
- 4 min
Review: The Starless Sea
1/5 stars (is generous) The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern (2019) I am so, so sad to report that I did not like this book. I loved...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
Review: Exhalation
2/5 stars Exhalation: Stories, by Ted Chiang (2019) I didn't love this collection of stories, but I did really enjoy some of them, and...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
Review: The Yellow House
4/5 stars The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom (2019) I finished this book about two weeks ago, but have been putting off writing about it...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 8, 2020
- 4 min
Review: Girl, Woman, Other
3/5 stars Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo (2019) There's something beautiful and unique about the way this book is both an...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min
Review: Ninth House
4/5 stars Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo (2019) Dark magic, secret societies at Yale with world-altering powers, murder, mystery & mayhem!...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Review: The Color of Law
4/5 stars The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein (2017) In The Color of...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Astonishing Color of After
2/5 stars The Astonishing Color of After, by Emily X.R. Pan (2018) TW: Suicide & Depression Magical realism, with a deep dive into a...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
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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tatedecaro
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
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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tatedecaro
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
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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