Review: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



That was quick and cute. I laughed (quietly though, the baby was sleeping) a few times.



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Review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Reread Feb 2014 - I thought I'd reread this on my kindle (my paperback copy is somewhere in the bookshelves and boxes and piles that my poor, long-suffering parents keep for me in Canada) since I have are You My Mother? and I thought a refresher would be nice. And now I'm feeling compelled to tackle Ulysses or at least some Colette.



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Review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Reread Feb 2014 - I thought id reread this on my kindle (my paperback copy is somewhere in the bookshelves and boxes and pikes that my poor, long-suffering parents keep for me in Canada) since I have are You My Mother? And I thought a refresher would be nice. And now I'm feeling compelled to tackle Ulysses or at least some Colette.



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Review: The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



That it took me so long to finish this is not because I didn't like it. It's just that with four separate narrators, it was easy to allow myself to be stalled as each section finished. I'm curious to read some non-fiction about Masada having era this. I found the stories of the women and their children quite moving, tinged with the sadness of knowing how their story would likely end.



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Review: The Royal Cup

The Royal Cup by Bastien Vivès

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



2.5 stars. Admittedly, I haven't read the first book and that might have bumped it up to 3 stars for me, because I'm not into fight scenes in almost any media, so if I had a better sense of the characters motivations, that might have helped. It got interesting at the end though.



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Review: Suffrajitsu: Mrs Pankhurst's Amazons

Suffrajitsu: Mrs Pankhurst's Amazons by Tony Wolf

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



That was a lot of fun. Great illustrations (and I've been to both of the settings, London and Glasgow.) The storyline is interesting and I'm curious to see where it will go next.



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Review: Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands

Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands by Margaret Read MacDonald

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This would be a great story to read while learning about the Marshall Islands. I liked the illustrations and it's got a nice message.



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