Category: brief reviews

A Quick Review In Disguise: Emberton by Peter Norman

17 September 2014 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
A Quick Review In Disguise: Emberton by Peter Norman

Author: Peter Norman Title: Emberton Format/Source: Paperback/library  Published: March 2014 Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Length: 295 pages Genre:Um, some sort of literary (see below) Why I Read: Reviewed in local paper; “comic gothic thriller for lovers of books and language”!! Read If You’re: Looking for a strange mystery, interested in the power of language Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide] I finished this book just before I left for Japan (end of […]

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Quick Review: Into Another Life

10 September 2014 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Quick Review: Into Another Life

These two books I read gave insight into lives very different from my own, set in different times and countries. Read at the end of July. Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide]  I read some of Ellis’ books when I was a lot younger (probably around the target age, maybe a bit younger) but I didn’t really understand them because I had no context in which […]

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Quick Review: Breezy Summer Reads

28 July 2014 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Quick Review: Breezy Summer Reads

I read each of these books – one young adult and one middle grade – in one sitting.  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Rating: ★★★ [ratings guide]  The second book I ever purchased solely due to hype I really liked the narrative style – without it, this would have been a one or two star book. Some people don’t like broken lines in their prose novels. To me it’s […]

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Quick Review: Non-fiction

15 July 2014 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Quick Review: Non-fiction

Today’s quick review is of two non-fiction books I recently picked up from the library. Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy by Sudhir Venkatesh Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide]  Venkatesh focuses his exploration on the sex trade in NYC and the connections formed in an underground economy, crossing dividing lines such as class and race. I liked the informal tone and the variety of […]

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Quick Review: Ambivalent

5 July 2014 / brief reviews / 5 Comments
Quick Review: Ambivalent

 These reviews are part of the Summer Library Challenge Week 6 Activity – Reviewing Library Books. These books I read all the way through, but I’m not sure how I feel about them. Because of that, these books are difficult to review. I still wanted to document my thoughts so here are a few odd notes on each. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld Rating: ★★-★★★½?  [ratings guide]  I […]

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