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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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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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 16, 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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tatedecaro
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
I Made That: Mini Book Store
(Some will have already seen this in a previous blog post, but I wanted to share all the process photos in one place as well!) Last year...
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tatedecaro
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Joy in the Time of COVID-19
When I'm not spending my time working, reading, or taking walks (Linear Park in Penfield, Highland Park cherry trees, Oxford St....
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tatedecaro
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Review: Disoriental
2/5 stars Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi, translated from the original French by Tina Kover (2016) For Book Thieves, which meets to...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 19, 2020
- 1 min
Ukrainian Egg Time Lapse
While this blog started out as entirely literary-related/focused, I am now also using it as a place to not only talk about what I'm...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
Why Do You Feel So Cornered?
I don't write very often, but I did so last night, and figured I might as well create a space on my blog for the bits of writing that...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Mar 30, 2020
- 5 min
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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tatedecaro
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Fresh Prince of... Quarantine
March 19, 2020: In these uncertain times, everyone needs a little levity. Plus it’s day 5 of isolation and I’m already stir crazy. The...
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tatedecaro
- Mar 22, 2020
- 3 min
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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tatedecaro
- Mar 10, 2020
- 5 min
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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