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Tag Archives: book reviews

Books of March

Fiction: The Bear and The Nightingale: A Novel — Katherine Arden (2017) Best fairy tale I’ve read in a long time. I was skep­ti­cal at first. But the hero­ine is more than a pret­ty face with an inter­est­ing fate. I can’t be sure, as I am no expert, but the sto­ry seems to be more … 

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Posted bylaraApril 20, 2017March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

The Books of March

Reviews of McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, Donaldson’s Culture Clash, Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection, and Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales. 

Posted bylaraApril 18, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

The Books of February

The books of February: The Japanese Lover, a Sedaris, Partly Cloudy Patriots, Nothing in Reserve, Pulphead, Loitering, and Radiance. I Was Promised There’s be Cake.

Posted bylaraApril 3, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

Books of December and January

Reading M Train, My Life on the Road, Casablanca, Song Dogs, Mycroft Holmes, Radiance, and The Bone Clocks. 

Posted bylaraFebruary 6, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

The Books of November

Reviews: Big Magic, Stardust, Pump Six, Furiously Happy, Palimpsest, Deathless, Antelope Wife, Signature of All Things, What Poets Are Like, Speak Easy

Posted bylaraDecember 3, 2015March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

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