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Why did I wait so long to read this book?

Kindred by Octavia Butler

September 14, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads 3 Comments

I’m almost ashamed to admit that until this year, I had never read any Octavia Butler. When I went through my original SciFi reading phase in high school, she was never even mentioned amongst my nerd-kin friends, and now, though I’m late to the party, I know I have found one of the best writers, of any kind, of the modern age. Kindred is Butler’s best selling novel and is still required reading for many university and college writing and gender studies programs. The story […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: African-American, feminism, kindred, Mrs Smith Reads, octavia butler, science fiction

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: African-American, feminism, kindred, Mrs Smith Reads, octavia butler, science fiction ·
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One of those dystopian futures that really could happen.

The Subprimes by Karl Taro Greenfield

September 13, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

  If I had read this book three years ago, I would have wept my way through to the end. Since things have improved a bit for my family since then, I was able to read The Subprimes with a much clearer eye toward the outer extremes of wealth inequality which Carl Taro Greenfield imagines for the United States of the future. Greenfield does manage to put a humorous spin on a rage-inducing topic, and for that, he deserves kudos. While I have no doubt […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: dystopia, Fiction, Karl Taro Greenfield, Mrs Smith Reads, The Subprimes, US Financial disaster

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: dystopia, Fiction, Karl Taro Greenfield, Mrs Smith Reads, The Subprimes, US Financial disaster ·
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A sadly disappointing mystery by an author I really like.

The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

September 8, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

I’ve just realized that I really need to keep up with my reviews, as I opened this draft and had to think long and hard about the book to remember what it was about. That might actually be my review, right there. Mrs Smith’s actual review of The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Female Detective, Fiction, Mrs Smith Reads, murder mystery, Val McDermid

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Female Detective, Fiction, Mrs Smith Reads, murder mystery, Val McDermid ·
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Why that 4.0 GPA isn’t going to get you anywhere.

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz

July 26, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads 3 Comments

“Colleges should remember that selecting students by GPA more often benefits the faithful drudge than the original mind.” ― William Deresiewicz, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of America’s Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life I found William Deresiewicz’s Excellent Sheep through reading one of his early articles which formed the basis for this book. As someone who attended state universities, then went to art school, I have felt the sting of feeling comfortable with my well-rounded education and intellectual curiosity, then slowly realizing that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Excellent Sheep, Mrs Smith Reads, Non-Fiction, William Deresiewicz

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Excellent Sheep, Mrs Smith Reads, Non-Fiction, William Deresiewicz ·
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Religion makes some people kinda cray cray.

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

July 20, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads 1 Comment

I had wanted to read Under the Banner of Heaven for quite a long time, and finally found a copy at my local used book store this year. I started and stopped reading several times, to pick up lighter, less gruesome novels, but I kept coming back to read this intense, true-crime novel, that is less about the horrible murder of a 24 year old mother and her 15 month old daughter (and it was violently and insanely horrible), as it is about a fundamentalist […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #polygamy, fundamentalism, Jon Krakauer, Mormonism, Mrs Smith Reads, Religion, Under the Banner of Heaven

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:8 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #polygamy, fundamentalism, Jon Krakauer, Mormonism, Mrs Smith Reads, Religion, Under the Banner of Heaven ·
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This is more about me than the book.

How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

July 13, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

In How to Build a Girl Caitlin Moran manages to write a story of teenaged angst that so closely resembles my own experiences that I though she had perhaps stolen my diary and just added a lot (like, a lot, a lot) more sex. Except I didn’t keep a diary in those days. (Now you would call it a journal, and be really precious about it). How to Build a Girl is the story of Johanna Morrigan, a working-class girl in 90s England who hates […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 90s, Caitlin Moran, Fiction, How to Build a Girl, Mrs Smith Reads, music, semi-autobiographical, Teenagers

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 90s, Caitlin Moran, Fiction, How to Build a Girl, Mrs Smith Reads, music, semi-autobiographical, Teenagers ·
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