Category: Fiction

Review: Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

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Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD:  7 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful The title of this novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, should be enough to tip off the reader that the book is going to… Continue Reading “Review: Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin”

Category: Angst, Book Review, Culture, Depression, Fiction, Loneliness, Philosophy, Tao Lin

Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

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A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 6 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Well, well, well.  I suppose I should have known that enjoying this first book in the Sherlock Holmes series… Continue Reading “Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”

Category: 2011 Challenges, Arthur Conan Doyle, Book Review, Fiction, Murder Mystery, Mystery

Review: I’ll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip by John Donovan

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

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I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0   YTD:  5 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful   What is hardest to believe about I’ll Get There. It Better be Worth the… Continue Reading “Review: I’ll Get There. It Better be Worth the Trip by John Donovan”

Category: Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Death, Fiction, Friendship, Gay Lit, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, GLBT, John Donovan, Monthly Review

Review: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 4 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. It is sometime in the future, on planet Earth, and something rather terrible has happened. For reasons not explained (though one… Continue Reading “Review: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Jeanne DuPrau, Post-Apocalyptic, Science-Fiction

Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 2 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable  15-year-old Craig is having problems.  He sees a psycho-pharmacologist and psychologist regularly, he takes Zoloft, smokes pot, can’t eat,… Continue Reading “Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Depression, Family, Fiction, Mental Health, Ned Vizzini, Young Adult

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