Review: The House Girl
4/5 stars The House Girl, by Tara Conklin (2013) This story is told in two alternating narratives: Josephine is a young slave girl (about...
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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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- Jan 11
- 3 min
Review: Dictionary of Lost Words
4/5 stars The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams (2020) For lovers of words - their history, how they're documented, and who...
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- Jan 4
- 2 min
Review: Murder Most Festive
4/5 stars Murder Most Festive, by Ada Moncrieff (2020) A really charming and clever murder mystery. Very British, but in a...
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tatedecaro
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The Conductors
4/5 stars The Conductors, by Nicole Glover (2021) Husband and wife Benjy and Hetty Rhodes are escaped slaves, and former Underground...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 28, 2022
- 3 min
Review: two Sophie Hannah mysteries
4/5 stars - The Mystery of the Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah (2018) 2/5 stars - Woman with a Secret, by Sophie Hannah (2014) 4/5 stars...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min
Reviews: Eight Perfect Murders / The Hotel Neversink
4/5 stars - Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson (2020) 3/5 stars - The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O'Fallon Price (2019) Two very good...
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tatedecaro
- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Chronicles of Alice series
4/5 stars Alice, Red Queen, and Looking Glass, by Christina Henry (2015, 2016, 2020) Describe Alice in 140 characters or less. Christina...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 23, 2022
- 2 min
Review: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
4/5 stars An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, by Helene Tursten (2021) Translated by Marlaine Delargy Well, this was just a delight. To...
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tatedecaro
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer
4/5 stars My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (2018) I really enjoyed this dark, morbid, thriller/crime story - not...
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tatedecaro
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Nowhere Boy
3/5 stars Nowhere Boy, by Katherine Marsh (2018) This should be required reading for all middle grade students (middle school, or higher...
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tatedecaro
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Review: Tongues
4/5 stars Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language, edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, & Ayelet Tsabari (2021) I...
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tatedecaro
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Review: They Called Us Enemy
4/5 stars They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott, illustrated by Harmony Becker (2019) In this graphic...
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tatedecaro
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Mixed Feelings
4/5 stars Mixed feelings: Poems and Stories, by Avan Jogia (2019) This book may be slim, but it packs a punch, exploring the complicated...
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tatedecaro
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Review: The Kingdoms
4/5 stars The Kingdoms, by Natasha Pulley (2021) Kingdoms is a very cool and complex Victorian-era/Georgian-era time travel book of...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Brown Girl Dreaming
4/5 stars Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson (2014) Earlier this year I read Woodson's 2020 novel Red at the Bone (click to read...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Turtles All the Way Down
4/5 stars Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green (2017) TW: Anxiety, OCD, Mental Illness, Death of a Parent “In three words, I can sum...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Home Fire
4/5 stars Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie (2017) To say this book is based loosely on the Sophocles play Antigone makes it sound loftier...
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tatedecaro
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Red at the Bone
4/5 stars Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (2019) Sometimes it seems much more challenging to write a review of a book I loved than...
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tatedecaro
- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
Review: Little Eyes
4/5 stars Little Eyes, by Samanta Schweblin (2018) Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell (2020) Little Eyes is a creepy but prescient...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Nothing to See Here
4/5 stars Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson (2019) My one-sentence review: This book is a rollicking good time! But I'll say more... I...
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