12
Sep
Ivy and Bean: One Big Happy Family
Annie Barrows · ★★★★
Another fun entry in the Ivy + Bean series, this one with a powerful question at its center (particularly
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04
Sep
The Book On Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies ― A NYT Bestselling Cookbook of Flaky Crusts and Flawless Fillings
Erin Jeanne McDowell · ★★★★★
I got obsessed with pie this summer after a trip to California's Santa Rosa, where
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30
Jul
The Star King (Demon Princes, #1)
Jack Vance · ★★★★
The "Oxen in the Sun" section of Ulysses really threw me off any momentum I may
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08
Jul
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky · ★★★★★
Not a huge surprise that I think this a brilliant novel. I'm honestly glad I read
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07
Jul
Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Charles Baxter · ★★★★★
I have now read and re-read some these essays numerous times but I think they still work
29
May
Several Short Sentences About Writing
Verlyn Klinkenborg · ★★★★
Ornery, often contradictory, and written with an air of authority that proves one of his most provocative points:
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28
May
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf · ★★★★★
There are many, many books I love but this one is my favorite.
Updated review 5.26.26:
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22
May
Ivy and Bean Take the Case
Annie Barrows · ★★★★
Bean goes noir. Towards the end of the series Barrows negotiated the inevitable maturing of her young characters
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12
May
The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
Lynne Reid Banks · ★★★
My son picked this out to read fresh off The Forgotten Door and I suppose it is
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09
May
Twilight
William Gay · ★★★★
I'm so glad I started my introduction to William Gay with Provinces of Night. Not that
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