Category: Coming-of-Age

Millennial Nostalgia: The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

Posted on July 17, 2023 by

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There are a lot of misconceptions about Craig Davidson’s The Saturday Night Ghost Club. If you believe the reviews on TikTok (which, to be fair, nobody should), then this one is either a slasher or a thriller, or a coming-of-age horror a la Stranger… Continue Reading “Millennial Nostalgia: The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson”

Category: Childhood, Coming-of-Age, Craig Davidson, Family, Mystery, trauma

Thoughts: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Posted on January 13, 2021 by

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I had grand plans of writing this review in fairy tale style, inspired as I was by Trung Le Nguyen’s adaptations of classical fairy tales to share this beautiful story. But, alas, I’m not the wordsmith Nguyen is, and definitely not the artist! So,… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen”

Category: coming out, Coming-of-Age, Fairy Tale, Graphic Novel, LGBT, Trung Le Nguyen, Vietnamese

A Lesbian Classic & Walt Whitman

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

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I wrap-up my Pride Month reading with two final pieces of fiction, one a classic adult novel of lesbian literature, the other a young adult novel inspired by Walt Whitman. Please feel free to check out the rest of my pride month reads. I… Continue Reading “A Lesbian Classic & Walt Whitman”

Category: 2019 TBR Pile Challenge, coming out, Coming-of-Age, Lesbian Lit, LGBT, Poetry, pride month, Sarah Henstra, Young Adult

Thoughts on Two LGBTQ Pride Reads

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

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Like A Love Story Abdi Nazemian’s young adult historical fiction novel, Like A Love Story, is the fourth LGBTQ-themed book I’ve read this month. Like the others, it has not disappointed. Every good coming-out-story, like every good coming-of-age story from Little Women to The… Continue Reading “Thoughts on Two LGBTQ Pride Reads”

Category: AIDS, coming out, Coming-of-Age, Gender Identity, Historical Fiction, immigrant literature, Iranian-American, LGBT, pride month, Sexuality, Young Adult

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Posted on June 18, 2019 by

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The irony is not lost on me that, just a couple of days after claiming that I no longer plan to write formal/lengthy book reviews for this blog, I finish reading Ocean Vuong’s first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. It would be absolutely… Continue Reading “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”

Category: Addiction, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary American, LGBT, Literature, Ocean Vuong, pride month, Vietnamese

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