Review: Wrecked
3/5 stars Wrecked, by Heather Henson (2022) TW: Descriptions of drug manufacturing, use, and addiction Full disclosure - I have a...
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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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- Jul 24
- 3 min
Review: Barracoon
5/5 stars Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo," by Zora Neale Hurston (2018) Barracoon tells the story of Olualo Kossula, also...
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- Jul 17
- 2 min
Review: The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2/5 stars The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) TW: Domestic abuse and rape I enjoyed this more than a 2-star...
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- Jul 13
- 2 min
Review: Mexican Gothic
2/5 stars Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020) TW: Allusions to sexual assault, incest, suicide, cannibalism, murder...
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- Jul 7
- 3 min
Review: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
3/5 stars The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, by Sophie Hannah (2020) Another of Hannah's Hercule Poirot mysteries! I also read The Mystery...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Review: Weyward
5/5 stars Weyward, by Emilia Hart (2023) I absolutely LOVED this book, but let me get some trigger warnings out of the way first: sexual...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Review: Who is Maud Dixon?
4/5 stars Who is Maud Dixon?, by Alexandra Andrews (2021) WOW this was fun. Totally entertaining! But there's also VERY little I can say...
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- Jun 28
- 3 min
Review: How High We Go in the Dark
2/5 stars How High We Go in the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022) I saw this compared favorably to Emily St. John's Station Eleven, which...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Review: Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow
2/5 stars Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin (2022) “What is a game?" Marx said. "It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Music City - Nashville, TN
I recently had the opportunity to visit Nashville, TN for a conference, and decided to fly in a few days early to explore "music city,"...
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tatedecaro
- May 30
- 3 min
The First 30
A few days ago I was talking to Dorothy about how I've read 30 books so far this year, and we were talking about how a lot of them have...
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tatedecaro
- May 28
- 2 min
Review: Hestia Strikes a Match
4/5 stars Hestia Strikes a Match, by Christine Grillo (2023) This is a great piece of speculative / alternate universe fiction. The year...
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- May 24
- 2 min
Review: Olga Dies Dreaming
4/5 stars Olga Dies Dreaming, by Xóchitl González (2022) TW: Mention of suicide and rape (not graphic), drug use, hurricane damage Olga...
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tatedecaro
- May 23
- 1 min
Review: Ghost Boys
3/5 stars Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018) TW: gun violence, fatal police brutality, mention of lynching This is a middle-grade...
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tatedecaro
- May 15
- 3 min
Review The Inheritance Games series
3/5 stars The Inheritance Games (2020), The Hawthorne Legacy (2021), and The Final Gambit (2022), by Jennifer Lynn Barnes I'll be...
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- May 8
- 2 min
Review: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
3/5 stars Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stevenson (2022) Ernie Cunningham is from a family of seemingly...
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tatedecaro
- May 2
- 4 min
Review: The Last White Man
3/5 stars The Last White Man, by Mohsin Hamid I'm having a really hard time writing about this one. I finished it almost 2 weeks ago and...
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- Apr 21
- 3 min
Review: So Much More Than a Headache
3/5 stars So Much More Than a Headache, edited by Kathleen O'Shea (2020) I Describe a Migraine I wanted to describe chronic migraines as...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Review: Kaikeyi
3/5 stars Kaikeyi, by Vaishnavi Patel (2022) In the Indian epic story, The Ramayana, Queen Kaikeyi is the villain. She is the third wife...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Review: Our Missing Hearts
3/5 stars Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng (2022) This book is set in a dystopian version of the US that pulls from many real-life...
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