Curlygeek04
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The Book Stop
http://thebookstop.wordpress.com/
I review what I read and write about reading. Some favorite genres are literary fiction, historical fiction and mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, and children's and young adult. I love books that take place in other times and places, and books with strong, complex characters. I believe the best books can't be easily classified.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 870 )
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Review: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
I requested this book on NetGalley, mainly because it had an endorsement from the author of Station Eleven, and because the premise of a virus that causes peopl... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
2019 Reading Challenges
This year I’m going to avoid signing up for any new challenges, but will continue with the ones I enjoyed most last year. The TBR Pile Challenge, hosted by... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mini-Reviews: Lethal White, In the Distance, I Am I Am I Am, We Were the Lucky...
I didn’t have a chance to review any of the books I read in December because I was traveling, so I’m posting some mini-reviews of the more interesting books I... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Favorite Reads of 2018
Happy New Year! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the top books we read in 2018. I already posted about the 30 best books I... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
2018: My Year in Reading and Blogging
In 2018, I signed up for a number of challenges but didn’t set many reading or blogging goals for myself. I said I wanted to learn about designing graphics... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Best Books of the Year and Why I Read Them
Merry Christmas readers! This month I took a look at my favorite books of the year, and I asked myself the question: why did I read each one? Read more
Posted on 22 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Top Ten Books on My Winter TBR List
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our winter To Be Read List. All of these books are on my hold list from the library. Read more
Posted on 18 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: The Breeding Tree by J. Andersen
Author Andersen has just released the third book in this series, and when she asked me to read it, I asked if I could start with the first instead. This was... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
By now you’ve heard raves about Michelle Obama’s memoir, and I can echo those. Her book was exactly what I was hoping for: well-written and insightful, it’s no... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
My November Reading Wrap-Up
November is a month to be thankful. This month one of my cats was seriously ill and we came close to losing her. Happily, she made a comeback. I know our... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
I liked this book though it didn’t resonate emotionally as much as I expected it to. It’s a story of man in India who is recalling when his mother abandoned hi... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
I loved this debut fantasy novel by Tasha Suri. It’s well-written and creates a fascinating world with a terrifying villain. It’s inspired by the Mughal Empir... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden
I really enjoyed this Victorian-era mystery/thriller by Karen Odden, although I did have some issues with the pacing at the end. Read more
Posted on 20 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: Those Who Knew by Idra Novey
Those Who Knew is a novel about a senator with a violent past in a small unnamed island country. It’s about about the intersections of politics, money and... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: Awkward by Ty Tashiro
We think of awkwardness as something to make fun of, or maybe something to pity. It makes us uncomfortable. This book looks at awkwardness in a different way,... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, Edited by America Ferrera
American Like Me is a compilation of essays about what it means to live in America, from actors, athletes, writers, and activists who are either immigrants or... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Top Ten Backlist Books I Want to Read
This week’s Top Ten topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about backlist books I want to read. What’s a backlist book? The term refers to books that... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
My October Reading Wrap-Up
October flew by, with a week-long work trip to Boston and preparing for our trip to Chile and Argentina next month. I discovered two new book clubs in my... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Why Do We Read Books That Scare Us?
As Halloween approached, I’ve been thinking about scary books and why we read them. With all the horror in the news, my work colleagues have been increasingly... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Review: Tiny Shoes Dancing and Other Stories by Audrey Kalman
This book of short stories by Audrey Kalman really resonated with me. The stories are different but deal with common issues, most related to marriage and... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE