Book 229: When the Emperor was Divine – Julie Otsuka
When the Emperor was Divine was the required reading for the college where I work and although I do think […]
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Book 195: Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World – Sharon Waxma
Sorry for the long post in advance, it’s been a long time since I’ve read a book about museums and
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Book 185: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
Yes! Yes! Yes! If I were ever going to work in/own a bookstore I would want it to be like
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Book 183: 50 Shades of Gay – Jeffery Self
When I saw the title of this book I clearly had to read it, mostly because at a party in
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Book 173: The Reluctant Assassin (W.A.R.P. #1) – Eoin Colfer
What a great way to start a new series! I received a digital galley of The Reluctant Assassin from NetGalley
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Book 156: Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard
This book was great! I mean I would totally read it again and I’m actually looking forward to watching the
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Book 115: Farm City – Novella Carpenter
Any book that can make me want to do something I have no desire to do is clearly a good
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Book 74: Babycakes – Armistead Maupin
Babycakes takes place two years after Further Tales of the City and of the four books I’ve read in the series this is my least favorite. I understand characters have to grow and evolve, but sometimes you just don’t want them to.
In comparison to the other novels in this series, the novel seems angst ridden and is darker than the previous novels. I’m not sure if this is a direct response to Maupin’s mindset at the time or the general feeling of gloom and doom of San Francisco and the LGBT community at the time. Originally published in 1984, Maupin wrote the tales in Babycakes while Reagan was President of the US and Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the UK and the AIDS crisis was on the horizon (although the Reagan administration didn’t acknowledge it until 1987).
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Book 73: Further Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
Are you sick of the Tales of the City reviews yet? I hope not! I’m just finishing up Babycakes and should
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