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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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tatedecaro
Feb 52 min read
Review: Black Star
4/5 stars Black Star , by Kwame Alexander (2024) TW: Racism, KKK activity, reference to a lynching This is a sequel to The Door of No...
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tatedecaro
Nov 9, 20242 min read
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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tatedecaro
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Review: The Door of No Return
5/5 The Door of No Return, by Kwame Alexander (2022) TW: Violence, descriptions of the slave trade, mention of rape “Black history began...
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tatedecaro
Apr 11, 20242 min read
Review: Night Wherever We Go
4/5 stars Night Wherever We Go, by Tracey Rose Peyton (2023) (I'm running way behind on posts, so you may get three notifications in...
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tatedecaro
Mar 3, 20242 min read
Review: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
3/5 stars The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, by Sean Lusk (2022) Zachary is born in London in 1754 to Abel Cloudesley, a renowned...
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tatedecaro
Jan 16, 20243 min read
Review: Babel
2/5 stars Babel, by R.F. Kuang (2022) Oh, gosh. I dunno, guys. Am I just too weirdly picky about books? Or does the hype get me too...
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tatedecaro
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Review: Horse
3/5 stars Horse, by Geraldine Brooks (2022) I'm a huge Geraldine Brooks fan - one of my all-time favorite books is People of the Book -...
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tatedecaro
Sep 8, 20232 min read
Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch
3/5 stars Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, by Rivka Galchen (2021) Such a good title! This book is a work of fiction but based on...
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tatedecaro
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Review: A Botanist's Guide to Parties & Poisons
3/5 stars A Botanist's Guide to Parties & Poisons, by Kate Khavari (2022) TW: Threat of rape This is a delightful, historical murder...
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tatedecaro
May 23, 20231 min read
Review: Ghost Boys
3/5 stars Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018) TW: gun violence, fatal police brutality, mention of lynching This is a middle-grade...
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tatedecaro
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Review: Deaf Republic
5/5 stars Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky (2019) This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend two of RIT/NTID's Big Read events,...
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tatedecaro
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Review: The House Girl
4/5 stars The House Girl, by Tara Conklin (2013) This story is told in two alternating narratives: Josephine is a young slave girl (about...
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tatedecaro
Jan 21, 20236 min read
Review: Code Name Verity series
3-5/5 stars Code Name Verity (2012), Rose Under Fire (2013), The Pearl Thief (2017), and The Enigma Game (2020), by Elizabeth Wein I had...
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tatedecaro
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Review: Dictionary of Lost Words
4/5 stars The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams (2020) For lovers of words - their history, how they're documented, and who...
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tatedecaro
Sep 5, 20222 min read
Review: How High the Moon
3/5 stars How High the Moon, by Karyn Parsons (2019) It's 1943 and young Ella lives in South Carolina with her grandparents, and her...
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tatedecaro
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Review: The Liar's Dictionary
3/5 stars The Liar's Dictionary, by Eley Williams (2020) You need to love learning about language and, more specifically, the etymology...
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tatedecaro
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Review: Fifty Words for Rain
1/5 stars Fifty Words for Rain, by Asha Lemmie (2020) UGH. I'm so angry right now! Though it had it's flaws, I enjoyed this book... right...
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tatedecaro
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Review: Conjure Women
3/5 stars Conjure Women, by Afia Atakora (2020) An impressive debut of historical fiction, the book is set on a large plantation in the...
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tatedecaro
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Review: The Kingdoms
4/5 stars The Kingdoms, by Natasha Pulley (2021) Kingdoms is a very cool and complex Victorian-era/Georgian-era time travel book of...
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tatedecaro
Mar 23, 20212 min read
Review: Out of Darkness, Shining Light
2/5 stars Out of Darkness, Shining Light, by Petina Gappah (2019) This is a book of historical fiction that tells the story of the people...
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