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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara This was kind of a weird read for me. Pleasant, seriously interesting premise (low-brow scientist ends up discovering a turtle that keeps people alive for hundreds of years past their natural expiration date). It’s a little mysterious and long-winded. It took me a while to get through […]
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The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The Round House by Louise Erdrich Pleasant read. Which is weird to say about a book where a woman is raped and her teenage son tries to figure out who committed the crime and how to deal with it. It was good, I read it, I enjoyed it. But now that I’m here writing about […]
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I think this book was more me than the book. I love Adichie. Her writing is gorgeously clear and precise and loaded with meaning without having to mine for it. This book is about 15-year-old Kambili, who has been raised by an abusively religious (is that a term? it […]
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie This book. Holy shit. This book is everything I’ve ever wanted in a book. It’s gorgeously written, clear, precise, smart, feminist, intelligent, passionate and full of hope and despair and love. It tells the story of a Nigerian immigrant come to America to live with her once-proud aunt so she […]
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson You know… I liked this book. I enjoyed it as I read it. But now as I’m here typing, I don’t know what to tell you. The basic plot is this: Ursula Todd was born and died. And then she was born again, and survived. This act is repeated […]
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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn I preferred this book to Gone Girl. It felt less trickster-y. In general, I think I really like Gillian Flynn’s writing. It’s detailed and strong and her sentences are packed with emotion. I like that. I’m not usually into the thriller genre but she makes me turn pages and read […]
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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki I picked this up at my local bookstore on a whim before a recent trip back to Boulder, CO. I started it on the plane, put it aside, and kept reading when I had a chance. I think that’s part of what’s wonderful about this book […]
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Book Review: Typical American by Gish Jen
Typical American by Gish Jen This book had all the elements I seem to desire in books lately: it’s equal parts character and plot, the language is beautiful but doesn’t weight the book down, and I felt like I got insight into a world I would never have seen otherwise. This is an immigrant story. […]
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Walking Boulder, CO
I was lucky enough to spend the weekend in Boulder, CO recently. I have a friend there who showed me around. I took the shuttle from Denver airport all the way up to Boulder for $13 – a similar trip in AZ costs $50. I was more than a little jealous of their transportation infrastructure, […]
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Book Review: The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch So, I want to preface everything I’m about to say with: I liked this memoir. I don’t know that I loved it, I’m curious to what extent reading Wild immediately before affected my interpretation of it, and most of what I’m about to say is more like the […]
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