Book Reviews
(category archive)
Motel of the Mysteries
Posted about 8 years ago by Natalie Draper
What books from your childhood still have a hold on you as an adult? Do you think of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie every time something in your […]
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My Summer with Jay
Posted about 8 years ago by Laura Price
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Book Reviews
Whether it was required summer reading for AP English or Freshman Core class (an interdisciplinary mashup of lit, economics and anthropology), I cannot be sure. What I do recall is […]
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In the mood for something a little different?
Posted about 8 years ago by Natalie Draper
I was delighted to discover that the author of the book I was reading last week was also one of the masterminds behind the joyful idea of Drag Queen Story […]
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Two tiny books, two elusive films, two fascinating women
Posted about 8 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Book Reviews, Film
I somehow ended up with these two curiously linked books at the same time without first realizing the connection they shared. Content and style wise they are quite different, but […]
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“The Best We Could Do”
Posted about 9 years ago by Laura Price
I am just about half-way through an excellent graphic novel called “The Best We Could Do.” It’s the memoir of a Vietnamese refugee named Thi Bui, who recounts the struggles […]
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Make time and space for Time and Space
Posted about 9 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
It appears as though one of my favorites, The Book of Strange New Things, has been adapted into an Amazon series pilot: Oasis. The single episode offering has already diverted pretty sharply […]
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New books to go crazy for
Posted about 9 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Audiobooks, Book Reviews
Have I told you to run right out and get the highly anticipated first novel of acclaimed short story writer George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo, yet? Well, consider yourself told. […]
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