Review: The Book of Delights
4/5 stars The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay (2019) It IS a delight, this book! Ross Gay's essays remind us to look around each day and...
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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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tatedecaro
- Nov 13, 2023
- 2 min
Review: The Secret Rooms
1/5 stars The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, & a Family Secret, by Catherine Bailey (2012) False...
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tatedecaro
- Sep 26, 2023
- 3 min
Review: Butts, A Backstory
3/5 stars Butts: A Backstory, by Heather Radke (2022) Not my words but an apt, brief description - this book melds "history, personal...
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tatedecaro
- Sep 11, 2023
- 4 min
A Callery Pear Tree's Saplings
9/11/23 - 22 years later (Each section below has 100 words. This is part of a practice I've been trying to maintain of writing 100 words...
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tatedecaro
- Aug 15, 2023
- 3 min
Review: Let Me Go
3/5 stars Let Me Go, by Helga Schneider (2001) TW: Anti-Semitism, and graphic descriptions of Holocaust camps, including medical...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 24, 2023
- 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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tatedecaro
- Apr 21, 2023
- 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
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Between You & Me
2/5 stars Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris (2015) There were parts of this book that were quite...
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tatedecaro
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Are We There Yet... I made a book!
For the past year I've been working with a designer and 19 artistic friends to create a book: Are We There Yet? An Illustrated Journey of...
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tatedecaro
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Shrill
5/5 stars Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, by Lindy West (2016) "Women matter. Women are half of us. When you raise every woman to...
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tatedecaro
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Under the Banner of Heaven
3/5 stars Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer (2003) I recently visited Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah for...
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tatedecaro
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Call Us What We Carry
3/5 stars Call Us What We Carry, by Amanda Gorman (2021) Like everyone else, I was introduced to and blown away by Amanda Gorman when she...
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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
- 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
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
Review: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
2/5 stars Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell (2021) There were parts that I found so fascinating, but overall it fell...
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tatedecaro
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
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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tatedecaro
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
Review: The Body: A Guide for Occupants
2/5 stars The Body: A Guide for Occupants, by Bill Bryson (2019) If you didn't know already before reading this book, you would...
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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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