Tag: siblings
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Strolling through a few books at once
I’ve had trouble reading books over the last few weeks, despite hanging around bookstores and book festivals. I’ve been reading articles and stories online like mad, trying to get my attention span back, and it’s kept me from scrolling too terribly. Though I will say, the latest issue of the Paris Review starts so terribly…
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Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
From the publisher, awkward and incomplete descriptions that make me wonder if anyone read the book. VERSION ONE: England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. A young Latin…
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Family After Capitalism and Death
I just read a couple more books — one through BookRiot’s marvelous Daily Deals aggregator, one (finally!) that I bought from a used bookstore on my trip this summer. L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com) follows the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice — Eurydice, who’s suffered an untimely death, and Orpheus, her…
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Bonjour Tristesse and Charmed Life
I’ve been seeing Francoise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse everywhere, and in my deep desire to read seasonal books, I finally picked it up (alongside her other book, A Certain Smile, thanks to Penguin’s two-in-ones). The main character is a teen girl who leaves boarding school to live with her father, a suave widower with commitment problems.…
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Completed Cursebreakers series & some short stories!
I definitely lean into fantasy for my summer reading. However, this year I’ve been on more of a film kick, and my reading habits have suffered. Partially that’s due to my location — last year I was traveling at this time, and this year my main summer vacation takes place in August. I have more…
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American War by Omar El Akkad
I used to see the hardcover of this book on our New Releases table at the bookstore, and loved the cover. I was drawn in by the idea of an Arab-American take on American dystopia. I was obsessed with science fiction at the time, so this book has stayed in the back of my mind…
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In Progress: Cassandra at the Wedding
Someone recommended this, a long time ago. So long ago that I texted my mom to ask if she’d loved it. Still wondering who that recommender might’ve been. I am about a third of the way through and really loving this one. It’s a bit slow to read, and I’m challenging myself to take it…
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Just Finished: The Darkest Part of the Forest
You’d never guess. This one takes place in the same universe as the other trilogies, and is such a full story of twists and turns it reminds me of the first book, Tithe. A few plot points were explained instead of intuited through the plot, but otherwise this was a perfect Holly Black book in…