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Category Archives: Reviews
Post-apocalyptic Faerytales?: A Review of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
I’ve talked about fantasy before on this blog, but it’s been awhile. So I am happy to have such a delightful excuse to do so now. Fantasy? You say. What has fantasy got to do with traumatized children and the like? More … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Thoughts
Tagged Cinder, Cress, escapist, Fairy Tales, fantasy, Marissa Meyer, Post-apocalyptic, Scarlet
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Homelessness
I know that I talk about fairly devastating things on this blog all the time, but there are some things that I’m too afraid to talk about or find too upsetting–even me. I’ve been avoiding writing about child and teen … Continue reading
A Reliable Wife, Reprise
So, I had a chance to read A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick over the holidays. It was funny: I knew I had put it on my list of books to read for a compelling reason. I just for the life of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged A Reliable Wife, Anne Westrick, emotional abuse, physical abuse, Robert Goolrick, Tender Morsels, the L Word, YA
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Guest Review of A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
My friend and colleague, Anne Westrick, sent me this wonderful email yesterday, and I thought it would be perfect to share with you all. I will be back blogging in a few days, but in the meantime, enjoy! “Pam – … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews
Tagged A Reliable Wife, abuse, Guest Post, incest, Robert Goolrick, sexual abuse
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Something to Ponder: Review of Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman
So, I received a book–that I’d requested–to review ages ago. And I took a very long time to read it, but still I didn’t review it. I’ve been thinking about this book for months now–generally a good sign, but I’m … Continue reading
Maybe God Wrote “Change”: Review of Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz
So I have another wonderful book to share with you all. I am probably the last one to read Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz–another Cinco Puntos Press book–but it was one of the most powerful books … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged abuse, alcoholism, Benjamin Alire Saenz, book review, boys, Cinco Puntos Press, depression, dissociation, emotional neglect, gay, GLBTQ, hospitalization, incest, Last Night I Sang to the Monster, latino, murder, neglect, PTSD, Speak, trauma, violence
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Growth through Strife: Review of This Thing Called the Future by J.L. Powers
The second of three books from Cinco Puntos Press that I want to feature, This Thing Called the Future by J.L. Powers, due out next month, is a heartbreakingly honest and ultimately uplifting story of one girl coming into her own through the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged AIDS, Ask Us Who We Are, child as caretaker, Cinco Puntos Press, compassion, death, growth, J.L. Powers, parents, Poverty, South Africa, teens, This Thing Called the Future, violence
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An Immigrant’s story: Review of Mali Under the Night Sky by Youme Landowne
So I’ve just discovered a new favorite Independent Press: Cinco Puntos Press. They generously sent me a few books that they thought might be of interest to folks reading this blog, and I plan to feature them over the next … Continue reading
