Review: We Are Not Like Them
3/5 stars We Are Not Like Them, by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza (2021) Christine Pride, a Black editor, and Jo Piazza, a white author,...
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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
- 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
- May 23, 2023
- 1 min
Review: Ghost Boys
3/5 stars Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018) TW: gun violence, fatal police brutality, mention of lynching This is a middle-grade...
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tatedecaro
- May 2, 2023
- 4 min
Review: The Last White Man
2/5 stars The Last White Man, by Mohsin Hamid I'm having a really hard time writing about this one. I finished it almost 2 weeks ago and...
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tatedecaro
- Apr 18, 2023
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Mar 30, 2023
- 2 min
It Never Ends (a free-write)
TW: Gun violence in schools March 30, 2023 – morning free-write It never ends. It never ends. There’s a secret door to a secret room with...
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tatedecaro
- Feb 20, 2023
- 5 min
Review: The Power
3/5 stars The Power, by Naomi Alderman (2016) TW: Physical violence, murder, rape (men towards women, and women towards men) The Power...
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tatedecaro
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Review: What Strange Paradise
5/5 stars What Strange Paradise, by Omar El Akkad (2021) Beautiful and haunting and cinematic. The narrative follows Amir Utu, a 9-year...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
Beyond the Anti-Racist Reading List
If you follow along with my posts, you know that I am a big proponent of reading books by people from marginalized communities and also,...
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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
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Such a Fun Age
2/5 stars Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid (2019) This is a tough one to review. I think the premise is interesting and important......
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tatedecaro
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min
Review: Parable of the Sower / Talents
3/5 stars Parable of the Sower (1993) & Parable of the Talents (1998), by Octavia Butler Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought....
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tatedecaro
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
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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tatedecaro
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Review: The Nickel Boys
4/5 stars The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (2019) Tough read, but worthwhile. This is a sad story, but so well written. It is based...
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