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Vanessa rated Parable of the Sower: 5 stars

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower is a 1993 science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler. It is an apocalypse …
Vanessa rated Stolen Focus: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Sun, moon, star: 4 stars

Kurt Vonnegut: Sun, moon, star (1980, Harper & Row)
Sun, moon, star by Kurt Vonnegut
When the Creator of the universe came to Earth, It resolved to be born a male human infant, and this …
Vanessa rated Inciting Joy: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Putting makeup on dead people: 5 stars

Putting makeup on dead people by Jen Violi
Donna's discovery, that she wants to be a mortician, helps her come into her own and finally understand that moving …
Vanessa rated The Spell of the Sensuous: 5 stars

The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram
[In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and …
Vanessa rated Witch's Heart: 4 stars

Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in …
Vanessa rated Ghost in the Throat: 5 stars
Vanessa rated Slouching towards Bethlehem: 5 stars

Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (A Touchstone book)

Maria Dahvana Headley: Mere Wife (2018, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
From the perspective of those who live in Herot Hall, the suburb is a paradise. Picket fences divide buildings--high and …
Vanessa rated The Book of (More) Delights: Essays: 5 stars

The Book of (More) Delights: Essays by Ross Gay
The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is back with a new chronicle …
Vanessa rated Harriet the Spy: 4 stars

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
This special 50th Anniversary Edition of the classic and ground-breaking coming-of-age novel, Harriet the Spy, includes tributes by Judy Blume, …