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Stick by Andrew Smith Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 23 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful Andrew Smith’s Stick is a powerful story about love and brotherhood. Not since Brothers by Ted van Lieshout has there been such a touching, personal,… Continue Reading “Review: Stick by Andrew Smith”
Queer by William S. Burroughs Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 20 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. William S. Burroughs’s Queer is a story about American expatriates, living in Mexico during the 1960s. Most of the ex-pats are male, and… Continue Reading “Review: Queer by William S. Burroughs”
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”
Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 1 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful If you can imagine a marriage between the coy, tongue-in-cheek, clever mysteries of Agatha Christie and the melancholic, whimsical, romantic lyricism of… Continue Reading “Review: Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja”
The Satyricon by Petronius Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 58 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Okay, this is not your grandfather’s classical Roman literature, unless your grandfather was a horny old homosexual (well, perhaps bisexual or pansexual), with a… Continue Reading “Review: The Satyricon by Petronius”
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