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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 Death of Jane Lawrence
3/5 stars The Death of Jane Lawrence, by Caitlin Starling (2021) First 3/4 of the book - 5 stars. The final 1/4 of the book lost its way....
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Feb 8, 20232 min read
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
Review: The Book Eaters
5/5 stars The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean (2022) Vampires for book lovers! (with zombies too, kind of). I was planning to wait until next...
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Nov 11, 20222 min read
Review: A Cosmology of Monsters
3/5 stars A Cosmology of Monsters, by Shaun Hamill (2019) TW: mental illness, suicide, cancer, sexual assault "Noah Turner sees monsters....
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Nov 6, 20222 min read
Review: Sorrowland
3/5 stars Sorrowland, by Rivers Solomon (2021) The first 3/4 of this book were pretty masterful, in my opinion. The final 1/4 -...
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Oct 23, 20222 min read
Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
3/5 stars The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, by Axie Oh (2022) I've been in a reading funk recently, and went on Facebook to ask for...
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Sep 25, 20222 min read
Review: Lanny
5/5 stars Lanny, by Max Porter (2019) This is such a unique, beautiful, poetic, fantastical little book. If you're a fan of poetry, a fan...
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Jun 7, 20222 min read
Review: The Midnight Library
2/5 The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (2020) I started this one last year and only got about a chapter in before stopping. I thought I...
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Apr 27, 20222 min read
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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Mar 10, 20224 min read
Review: Mouthful of Birds
2/5 stars Mouthful of Birds: Stories, by Samanta Schweblin (2009) Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell (2019) Last year I read...
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Feb 15, 20222 min read
Review: Redemptor
3/5 stars Redemptor (Raybearer Book #2), by Jordan Ifueko (2021) This is the second book in Ifueko's duology, and since I have a terrible...
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Feb 9, 20222 min read
Review: Stardust
2/5 stars Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (1997) First of all, I'm not tagging this as YA fiction. Gaiman didn't initially write it to be YA...
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Jan 27, 20223 min read
Review: The Grisha Series
3/5 stars (some of) The Grisha Series, by Leigh Bardugo (2012 - 2016) TW: Graphic violence, Allusions to rape Of the seven books in this...
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Jan 21, 20224 min read
Review: The Deep
5/5 stars The Deep, by Rivers Solomon (2019) Decades back, pregnant African slaves were thrown from slave ships into the ocean. Their...
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Dec 29, 20212 min read
Review: Pet
1/5 stars Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi (2019) UGH. I really didn't enjoy this book. I'm so confused by all the praise it has received (including...
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Dec 24, 20212 min read
Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
5/5 stars The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman (2013) "Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside,...
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Dec 13, 20212 min read
Review: Conjure Women
3/5 stars Conjure Women, by Afia Atakora (2020) An impressive debut of historical fiction, the book is set on a large plantation in the...
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Oct 12, 20212 min read
The Book Thieves 2022 Line-Up
My book club, The Book Thieves, met last night to choose all of our books for 2022, and I'm excited to share the list! If anyone is...
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Oct 8, 20214 min read
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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Sep 24, 20212 min read
Review: Long Division
2/5 stars Long Division, by Kiese Laymon (2013) This one's a thinker. The book is two separate but very intertwined stories. One starts...
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Aug 6, 20212 min read
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