4 1/2 stars...I liked it better the second time I read it. Anticipating the rest of the books in this series.
5 stars...re-read it again, and liked it even more in the context of Winter and Spring.
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kerry rated Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: 4 stars
kerry rated The New Jim Crow: 4 stars
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young …
kerry rated As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: 3 stars
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley (A Flavia de Luce novel)
Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to …
kerry rated Extreme Measures: 4 stars
kerry rated The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: 5 stars
Normal by Warren Ellis
"A smart, tight, provocative techno-thriller straight out of the very near future--by an iconic visionary writer Some people call it …
kerry rated Postcards from the Edge: 2 stars
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
When we first meet the extraordinary young actress Suzanne Vale, she’s feeling like “something on the bottom of someone’s shoe, …
Review of 'Autumn' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
kerry reviewed The Sellout by Paul Beatty
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends …
Review of 'The Sellout' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Excellent prologue. After that, it was difficult to sustain interest in the satire. (It was satire, right?)
kerry rated Nothing to Envy: 4 stars
Nothing to Envy by Karen White, Barbara Demick
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of …
kerry reviewed On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
Review of 'On tyranny' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A series of timely, short essays that all Americans should read. Really.
kerry rated Under the Banner of Heaven: 3 stars
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF …
kerry reviewed Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (Thorndike Press large print African-American)
When August, an anthropologist who has studied the funeral traditions of different cultures, revisits her …
Review of 'Another Brooklyn' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
For days after I finished this lovely book, I kept hearing these Crosby, Stills & Nash lyrics in my head:
They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are four [for] each other
kerry reviewed Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her …
Review of 'Another Brooklyn' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
For days after I finished this lovely book, I kept hearing these Crosby, Stills & Nash lyrics in my head:
They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are four [for] each other