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The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner

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Well, it’s 1975, and the Red Brigade has exploded in Italy. Riots in the streets, and the wealthy (especially their kids) are kidnapped with impunity. You might have heard of J. Paul Getty’s grandson. His kidnappers sent a piece of his ear to his grandfather to show they were serious. Getty famously replied, meh. At least the grandson eventually was let go, but others did not survive. Fortunately, all of Getty’s money ended up resulting in a couple of fabulous museums. So this the world […]

Love is powerful and wonderful and ridiculous

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

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“Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The answer is . . . yes. Of course it’s ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux’s love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.” With that sentence, this Newbery Medal winner won my heart. The Tale of Despereaux is a classic fairy tale with a knight […]

When Theatre Kids Get Involved In Their Own Shakespearean Tragedy

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

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So this novel was chosen on a whim, as it was sitting ready and waiting in the Audiobooks Available Now section of the library’s app. And upon reading the synopsis it felt like it had a similar energy to The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a book I definitely liked! If We Were Villains begins by introducing us to Oliver Marks, a man who is just being released from prison for an unspecified crime for which he served a 10-year sentence. The original detective from […]

Everything was a mess, especially in the dark.

Barn Blind by Jane Smiley

You Shall Know Them by Vercours

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Two very different two star reviews from my continued QUARANTINE READING! (I am not quarantined, just working from home and/or staying at home like most everybody else).   Barn Blind I started reading this book a few weeks ago my classes’ SSR (Self-Selected reading) periods and it was so dry and bland that I put it aside and read comic books. When I picked it up yesterday, it was equally dry and bland as before. It’s Jane Smiley’s first novel, and what I normally like […]

“Who will you burn?” – “Hag. Witch.”

Corrag by Susan Fletcher

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Based on true events that took place in the late 17th century, this is the story of Corrag, a young woman who had to flee England under accusations of witchcraft but finds a new home in the Scottish Highlands. Only months after her arrival, she witnesses the Massacre of Glencoe, the politically motivated murder of the leader and other members of the Clan MacDonald, presumably under order of the King of England. The story is narrated by Corrag herself who has been imprisoned for witchcraft […]



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