Tag: TAKE IT!
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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
It took me exactly two pages to become engrossed in Michelle McNamara’s self-described “obsessive search for the Golden State Killer.” But that was no surprise. Given my fascination with true crime, my love for the My Favorite Murder podcast (which introduced me to said fascination and the GSK in general), my appreciation for the comedian…
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Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan
This short novel was the first work published by French author Françoise Sagan. She was eighteen, and this detestable story featuring a detestable teenage child was (apparently) based on her own experiences. Seventeen-year-old Cécile is spoiled, demanding, ungrateful, careless, lazy, and self-absorbed—a true enfant terrible. I genuinely dislike her. And yet, I can whole-heartedly relate…
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
I keep a book journal. In it, I keep track of everything I read, the dates on which I cracked it open and slammed it shut, give it a rating out of five stars, and write a few lines. It was my blog before I started my blog. I read The Hate U Give in one…
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told to Alex Haley
I have to admit, this book is the reason I stopped writing reviews last year. It’s an important book, people. It’s been lauded since 1965. Proof: “Extraordinary . . . [a] brilliant, painful, important book.” —Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times, 1965 “Will surely become one of the classics in American autobiography.” —John William Ward, historian, 1967 “A…
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Baby Driver
Phenomenal. There is literally nothing about this movie that I didn’t love. I saw it three times in the space of four days and cannot wait to own it so I can watch it again whenever I want. If you have not seen it, you should do that right now. Run, don’t walk. And when…
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The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
I have been enchanted by Ami McKay since her first novel, The Birth House, and it seems she still has me under her spell. (See what I did there? This book is about witches. You get it.) With both The Birth House and The Virgin Cure, McKay set a precedent as an author of great skill and imagination, and…
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Saga by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples
I had no idea what I was going to read for our graphic novel category, but before I even had time to fret about it, the lovely Rosie came to my rescue—she sent me the first volume of Saga through the mail. Snail mail no less! And I’m going to tell you right now, I’m glad she…
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Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Hang on to your hats, folks. My first post in nearly three months just happens to be for a book that I adored and from which I scribbled down pages of notes and quotes, so this might take a while . . . If you’ve been paying attention, you probably know by now that I…
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Quoted: The Witches of New York
He shook his head. “A skeptic is only interested in being right. I’m interested in finding the truth.” “Even if there’s a chance your theories are wrong?” “Especially then, because it means I might be on my way to discovering something new.”
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Odetta by Rag’n’Bone Man
This is such a gorgeous song. You were always tryna fill the void, my brother A habit so old, tryna find that something new Never stare in the arms of a lover Seeking darkness wherever light may shine through Along came a morning of another Blindsided by your sweet surprise Odetta, don’t you know…
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