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bigethan

bigethan@sfba.club

Joined 11 months, 1 week ago

Love to read! All things!

Though sweet spots are Science Fiction and Fantasy and humorous Young Adult stuff. I generally read in bed, so my preference is for less stressful stories. My favorite stories that ones that are both Quirky and Unexpected.

Due to book experiences being very dependent on the reader, I belive that reviews should be short.

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reviewed The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)

N. K. Jemisin: The City We Became (Paperback, 2020, Little, Brown Book Group Limited) 4 stars

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …

Cool premise, but only the first half

3 stars

This book has a cool core idea, but it doesn't do too much with it and the plotline is a little too predictable and brief. I'm still in for the second book (it's a duology), but mostly because it's N.K. Jemisin

reviewed Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City, #1)

Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City (1994, HarperPerennial) 4 stars

The acclaimed best-seller by the author of Significant Other, Babycakes, and Sure of You follows …

San Francisco Pulp!

4 stars

In a good way! All of the characters are pretty one dimensional, the only way out is through, and it's pretty much chaos the whole time. The good stuff is in the reflections the characters have while going through their lives with everything turned up to 11. Great summer reading.

K.A. Holt: Redwood and Ponytail (EBook, 2019, Chronicle Books) 4 stars

A universal story of finding a way to be comfortable in your own skin: Kate …

Great Young Adult Story

4 stars

I'm here because I try to read all the books my kids read. It turns out to be a great coming of age story told through a unique format that focuses only (like, only) on words and thoughts of the characters. The format is absolutely perfect for the story being told and makes the book memorable.

It's a quick read and certainly focused on younger readers who are figuring out their lives. It was a good read (I teared up a little 3/4s of the way through), though I'm mostly happy that my kid has read it.