Category: Contemporary

X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

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X-Men Siege (Mutant Empire #1) by Christopher Golden A few weeks ago, I was at Half-Price Books selling a big chunk of my library when, lo and behold, I stumbled across all three books in this Mutant Empire series. I’m absolutely upset with the 1990s… Continue Reading “X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate”

Category: Angie Thomas, astrophysics, Book Review, Christopher Golden, comic books, Contemporary, Fiction, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Non-Fiction, Race, science, Science-Fiction, X-Men, Young Adult

Thoughts: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara This is the first formal review I’ve written for Roof Beam Reader in five months, when I reviewed Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven in February. As with that book, I find, this time, that I’m unable to… Continue Reading “Thoughts: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara”

Category: Book Review, Compilation Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary American, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, Hanya Yanagihara, LGBT, Literature, Loss, Monthly Review

Thoughts: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Posted on February 19, 2015 by

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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 Station Eleven begins, ironically and appropriately, in a theater with a staging of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Three of the novel’s recurring characters are first encountered in this opening scene, a… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel”

Category: Book Review, Canadian, Contemporary, Dystopia, Emily St John Mandel, Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic

Thoughts: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

Posted on January 25, 2014 by

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On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable On What Grounds is the first novel in the popular Coffeehouse Mystery series by Cleo Coyle. In it, we meet Clare Cosi, former manager… Continue Reading “Thoughts: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle”

Category: Book Review, Cleo Coyle, Coffee, Contemporary, Fiction, Murder Mystery, Mystery

Review: These Things Happen by Richard Kramer

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

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These Things Happen by Richard Kramer Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 53 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) These Things Happen opens with the main character, Wesley, and his best friend, Theo.  Both of these young men,… Continue Reading “Review: These Things Happen by Richard Kramer”

Category: Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Gay Lit, LGBT, Multiple POV, New York, Relationships, Richard Kramer

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