Review: The Liar's Dictionary
3/5 stars The Liar's Dictionary, by Eley Williams (2020) You need to love learning about language and, more specifically, the etymology...
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.
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 1
- 1 min
Review: Clap When You Land
5/5 stars Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) Sixteen year old Camino Rios has grown up in the Dominican Republic (DR) with...
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tatedecaro
- Feb 9
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Dec 24, 2021
- 2 min
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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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 26, 2021
- 2 min
In This Moment chapbooks
5/5 stars In This Moment: Revolution, Reckoning, Reparation, a chapbook series curated by Amanda Chestnut, coordinated by Jeanne...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Review: If We Were Villains
3/5 stars If We Were Villains, by M.L. Rio (2017) A murder mystery for fans of Shakespeare! It's a very dramatic, literary, theatrical...
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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
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Detransition, Baby
3/5 stars Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters (2021) TW: Trans- and Homophobia, Miscarriage/Abortion, Suicide, Sexual Content & Violence...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Love in Color: Mythical Tales
2/5 stars Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold, by Bolu Babalola A collection of folktales retold with a modern...
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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
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Review: House in the Cerulean Sea
3/5 stars The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (2020) This book combines the magic (and, more specifically, Ministry of Magic) of...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Raybearer
4/5 stars Raybearer, by Jordan Ifueko (2020) "In the global empire of Aritsar, love-starved Tarisai is compelled by her mother to join...
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tatedecaro
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Death of Vivek Oji
4/5 stars The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi (2020) The Death of Vivek Oji is heartbreaking, but so beautiful. This book was tough...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
4/5 stars The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab (2020) "France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 9, 2020
- 4 min
Review: The Starless Sea
1/5 stars (is generous) The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern (2019) I am so, so sad to report that I did not like this book. I loved...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 8, 2020
- 4 min
Review: Girl, Woman, Other
3/5 stars Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo (2019) There's something beautiful and unique about the way this book is both an...
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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
- 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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