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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: 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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Aug 27, 20212 min read
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Review: Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh
3/5 stars The Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh, by Ho Chi Minh (1943) Translated from the Vietnamese by Aileen Palmer My mom is going through...
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Aug 20, 20212 min read
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Review: The Anthropocene Reviewed
5/5 stars The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, by John Green (2021) I first came to The Anthropocene Reviewed...
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Jun 10, 20213 min read
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Review: Vulnerability is my Superpower
5/5 stars Vulnerability is my Superpower: An Underpants and Overbites Collection, by Jackie Davis (2021) Listen, I feel like no one...
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May 21, 20213 min read
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Review: The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
3/5 stars The Museum of Whales You Will Never See, and Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums, by A. Kendra Greene (2020) On...
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Apr 3, 20212 min read
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Review: Musicophilia
2/5 stars Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks (2007) I received a copy of this book in 2007 when I went to see...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Review: Pain Woman Takes Your Keys
4/5 stars Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System, by Sonya Huber (2017) Here is the window I've been looking...
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Dec 4, 20204 min read
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Review: 12 Years a Slave
3/5 stars Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup (1853) This is the true story of one man's experience of slavery in the South, as a...
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Nov 17, 20202 min read
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Review: The Five
4/5 stars The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold (2019) It sounds morbid, but it's not....
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Nov 2, 20202 min read
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Review: Disfigured
5/5 stars Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, by Amanda Leduc (2020) A fascinating book that is part memoir, part...
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Oct 1, 20203 min read
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Reviews: Name All the Animals / Women Talking
So, it's been tough for me to write about the last few books I've read because, while I don't lack for things to say about them or ways...
tatedecaro
Sep 13, 20204 min read
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Review: The Yellow House
4/5 stars The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom (2019) I finished this book about two weeks ago, but have been putting off writing about it...
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Jul 21, 20203 min read
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Review: The Color of Law
4/5 stars The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein (2017) In The Color of...
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Jun 19, 20204 min read
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So You Want to READ About Race...
In light of the past weekend's unrest, and the past month's events, and the past centuries of systemic racism, I wanted to write a bit...
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Jun 1, 20204 min read
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Reviews: The Yellow Wallpaper & Jaw
Over the past few days I read two short books - a short story (which I first read at Bard College in a class with one of my favorite...
tatedecaro
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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What To Read While Quarantined
There are so, so many amazing books out there that it can be really hard to narrow the list down and decide what you want to sink into,...
tatedecaro
Mar 30, 20205 min read
59 views
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Review: The Ghost Map
2/5 stars The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World, by...
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Mar 10, 20205 min read
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Review: Late Migrations
5/5 stars Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, by Margaret Renkl (2019) I'm having a hard time writing a review of this...
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Feb 4, 20202 min read
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Review: Say Nothing
3/5 stars Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder & Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe (2018) A sentence near the end of the...
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Jan 24, 20202 min read
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2 comments
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