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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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Review: The Book of Doors
5/5 stars The Book of Doors , by Gareth Brown (2024) Fantastic book for book-lovers! Cassie works at a bookstore in New York City. She...
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Jan 162 min read
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Review: The Golden Spoon
3/5 stars The Golden Spoon , by Jessa Maxwell (2023) Oooh this was fun. I enjoyed this. A murder mystery that takes place at an American...
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Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Review: You'd Look Better as a Ghost
3/5 stars You'd Look Better as a Ghost , by Joanna Wallace (2023) TW: Child abuse, elder abuse, and. a lot of murder I'm very on the...
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Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Review: An Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
4/5 stars An Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder , by C.L. Miller (2024) Freya Lockwood was an orphan when she went to live with her quirky...
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Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Review: Book of Night
3/5 stars Book of Night, by Holly Black (2022) First of a series which.... I think I'd be interested enough in to keep reading? Not...
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Jun 4, 20242 min read
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Review: Self-Portrait with Nothing
3/5 stars Self-Portrait with Nothing, by Aimee Pokwatka (2022) I really enjoyed Pokwatka's The Parliament, which I read last month, so I...
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Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Review: Night Wherever We Go
4/5 stars Night Wherever We Go, by Tracey Rose Peyton (2023) (I'm running way behind on posts, so you may get three notifications in...
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Apr 11, 20242 min read
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Review: Our Hideous Progeny
3/5 stars (ish) Our Hideous Progeny, by C.E. McGill (2023) If I did half stars this would be a 2.5, but I'm rounding up to 3 because this...
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Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Review: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
3/5 stars The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, by Sean Lusk (2022) Zachary is born in London in 1754 to Abel Cloudesley, a renowned...
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Mar 3, 20242 min read
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Review: The House Keepers
3/5 stars The House Keepers, by Alex Hay (2023) A daring heist! Revenge of the housekeepers! Deception and deceit in fancy dresses! This...
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Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Review: Night of the Living Rez
3/5 stars Night of the Living Rez, by Morgan Talty (2022) TW: Drug & alcohol abuse These 12 interconnected stories follow a modern-day...
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Nov 22, 20231 min read
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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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Jul 7, 20232 min read
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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 30, 20232 min read
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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 28, 20232 min read
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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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May 24, 20232 min read
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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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Apr 18, 20232 min read
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Review: Black Cake
2/5 stars Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson (2022) Very sad to be giving this 2 stars. It started out so well! A 5-star beginning, that...
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Mar 19, 20232 min read
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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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Feb 1, 20232 min read
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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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Jan 4, 20232 min read
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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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Dec 5, 20222 min read
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