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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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Review: Sunrise on the Reaping
3/5 stars Sunrise on the Reaping , by Suzanne Collins (2025) This iteration of the Hunger Games takes us back in time to the Second...
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Apr 112 min read
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Review: Slewfoot
3/5 stars Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery , by Brom (2021) A fun read for lovers of witch &/or Puritanical witch-hunt era stories. Abitha...
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Mar 172 min read
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Review: I Have Some Questions For You
4/5 stars I Have Some Questions For You , by Rebecca Makkai (2023) Bodie Kane is a film professor and true crime podcaster in...
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Mar 42 min read
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Review: The Traitor
3/5 stars The Traitor , by Ava Glass (2023) A few years ago I read Alias Emma by Glass, and really enjoyed. Good spy novel. The Traitor...
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Feb 172 min read
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Review: Sworn Solider series
4 & 3 out of 5 stars What Moves the Dead and What Feasts at Night , by T. Kingfisher (2022 & 2024) 4/5 stars What Moves the Dead A...
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Feb 14 min read
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Review: We Need No Wings
3/5 stars We Need No Wings , by Ann D á vila Cardinal (2024) Magical realism done quite well. Tere (short for Teresa), a Puerto...
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Jan 312 min read
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Review: Graveyard Shift
3/5 stars Graveyard Shift , by M.L. Rio (2024) I absolutely loved Rio's If We Were Villains , which I have read twice. So I was excited...
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Jan 161 min read
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Review: Rubbernecker
3/5 stars Rubbernecker , by Belinda Bauer (2013) Patrick Fort has Asperger's syndrome (I know it isn't referred to that way anymore, but...
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Nov 13, 20242 min read
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Review: The Secret Book of Flora Lea
3/5 stars The Secret Book of Flora Lea , by Patti Callahan Henry (2023) London, 1939 - During the Blitz, as German planes bombed the...
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Nov 9, 20242 min read
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Review: Wayward Children series
3/5 stars Every Heart a Doorway , Down Among the Sticks & Bones , and Come Tumbling Down , by Seannan McGuire (2016, 2017, 2020) There...
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Nov 1, 20244 min read
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Review: Real Americans
3/5 stars Real Americans , by Rachel Khong (2024) This is a reluctant 3, but the book is better than a 2, so here we are. The story is...
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Oct 11, 20243 min read
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Review: The Golden Spoon
3/5 stars The Golden Spoon , by Jessa Maxwell (2023) Oooh this was fun. I enjoyed this. A murder mystery that takes place at an American...
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Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Review: Cackle
3/5 stars Cackle , by Rachel Harrison (2021) Manhattan-living grade school teacher Annie has recently been dumped by her boyfriend of 10...
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Sep 14, 20242 min read
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Review: The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
3/5 stars The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson , by Ellen Baker (2024) Cecily is 94 years old, with a loving , if a bit neurotic, daughter,...
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Sep 14, 20242 min read
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Review: You'd Look Better as a Ghost
3/5 stars You'd Look Better as a Ghost , by Joanna Wallace (2023) TW: Child abuse, elder abuse, and. a lot of murder I'm very on the...
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Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Review: Witch of Wild Things
3/5 stars Witch of Wild Things , by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (2023) A fun little book of magical realism. Sage Flores has a special gift...
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Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Review: The Familiar
3/5 stars The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo (2024) I'm not mad, Leigh. I'm just disappointed. You can do so much better! This gets a 3/5...
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Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Review: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
3/5 stars Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin (2007) Naomi would be your typical high school kid, except that she hit her...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Review: Book of Night
3/5 stars Book of Night, by Holly Black (2022) First of a series which.... I think I'd be interested enough in to keep reading? Not...
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Jun 4, 20242 min read
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Review: Self-Portrait with Nothing
3/5 stars Self-Portrait with Nothing, by Aimee Pokwatka (2022) I really enjoyed Pokwatka's The Parliament, which I read last month, so I...
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Apr 23, 20242 min read
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