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30 Sep 2010

Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell

under-this-unbroken-skyIt is systematically impossible to review this book without comparing Shandi Mitchell to Willa Cather.  Similarities include, but are not limited to: Eastern European immigrants to the harsh prairies of North America; suicide; vast landscapes; early 20th century; complex characters (particularly strong women).  

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30 September, 2010 at 14:55 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: Canadian, economics, female authors, historical fiction
Posted in Fiction | 2 Comments »

28 Sep 2010

I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

0061706558.01.LZZZZZZZThe last thing Eliza wants is to hear from the man that kidnapped her for a week when she was a teenager.  But that’s exactly what happens when Walter sees her picture in a magazine (because, you know, he’d know her anywhere) and decides to contact her from death row.

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28 September, 2010 at 17:23 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: female authors, mystery, pop culture, psychology
Posted in Fiction | 3 Comments »

9 Sep 2010

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

bean-trees-barbara-kingsolver-paperback-cover-artThe Bean Trees was Barbara Kingsolver’s debut novel, back in the ’80’s.  One chapter in, and you can already see the foreshadows of the voices she would create over the next few decades.

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9 September, 2010 at 15:47 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: coming of age, economics, female authors, humor, Latino/Latino-American, politics, pop culture, religion, war
Posted in Fiction | 8 Comments »

31 Aug 2010

Fables vol 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Williamson

5273_400x600The Arabian Fables have sent a delegation to Fabletown, led by Sinbad.  Cultural differences abound but guess who steps in to save everyone’s face?  King Cole, the former Mayor.

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31 August, 2010 at 7:47 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: fairy tales, fantasy, graphic novels, Middle Easten/Middle Eastern American, politics, Series, war
Posted in Fiction | 1 Comment »

24 Aug 2010

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

resized_Wench_2In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s debut novel, Wench, Lizzie, Sweet, Reenie, and Mawu are all brought to the Tawawa resort in southern Ohio for the summer by their masters. Perkins-Valdez researched the real retreat where it was common for Southern gentlemen to bring their slave-mistresses. Of course, being in a free state has a certain lure, and for the first time, their eyes are open to real possibilities of living free. An edifying friendship forms, one that none of the women have ever been able to have with other slaves, due to their status as the master’s mistress.

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24 August, 2010 at 9:32 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, African-American authors, education, female authors, historical fiction, medicine, politics
Posted in Fiction | 1 Comment »

17 Aug 2010

Ruby and the Stone Age Diet by Martin Millar

Ruby-And-The-Stone-Age-DietRuby and the Stone Age Diet was one of Martin Millar’s first books.  It came out something like 20 years ago (indeed, a blurb from Neil Gaiman says that he’s been reading Millar for 20 years) in the U.K., but was only just published earlier this year in the U.S. by Soft Skull Press.

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17 August, 2010 at 20:19 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: British authors, economics, fantasy, Gen X, humor, Music, mythology, pop culture
Posted in Fiction | 3 Comments »

13 Aug 2010

The Sandman: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman

sandman6Here we have Fables & Reflections the 6th volume of the Sandman series.  This is one of those volumes that doesn’t have an over-arcing storyline, so Imma break it down for you.

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13 August, 2010 at 15:24 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, British authors, fantasy, graphic novels, Middle Easten/Middle Eastern American, mythology, politics, pop culture, religion, Series, war
Posted in Fiction | 3 Comments »

10 Aug 2010

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

ShiverSpoiler: the guy lives at the end.  But you and I already knew that, considering that the sequel, Linger, is already out.  I actually would have really enjoyed some delicious tragedy where he died and the next book could have been about some of the other werewolves, but this is YAPARANORMALROMANCE and that just isn’t going to happen.  Thus I never felt any sense of urgency whatsoever, which might’ve brought the book up from “meh” to pretty ok.

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10 August, 2010 at 16:27 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: coming of age, fantasy, female authors, lit crit, pop culture
Posted in Fiction | 4 Comments »

6 Aug 2010

The Last War by Ana Menéndez

the-last-warI really wanted to love this book, but it’s over-narration killed it for me.  Never in recent memory has it taken me so long to get through a book so short (just over 200 pages).

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6 August, 2010 at 15:07 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, female authors, Gen X, Latino/Latino-American, Middle Easten/Middle Eastern American, politics, psychology, war
Posted in Fiction | 2 Comments »

2 Aug 2010

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Hush,_HushI…actually liked this book.  I had invited my Inner Teenaged Self up from the basement where she’s usually kept and we read it together.  She liked it, too.  So, here is is Inner Teenaged Self (you can picture her has having purple spikey hair, fishnet tights, and doc Martins, and that will be a pretty accurate description of me my Sophomore year of high school).

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2 August, 2010 at 14:32 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: coming of age, fantasy, female authors, mystery, pop culture, religion, YA
Posted in Fiction | 5 Comments »

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