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smobe rated Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: 2 stars
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in …
smobe rated The Portrait of a Mirror: 5 stars
smobe rated Frankenstein: 4 stars
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A smart and driven man discovers nature’s secrets, but isn’t smart or empathetic enough to figure out what happens after …
smobe rated Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead: 5 stars
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated …
smobe rated Immodest Acts: 4 stars
Immodest Acts by Judith C. Brown
The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother …
smobe rated Perfect Pairing: 2 stars
smobe rated The Privilege of the Sword: 4 stars
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (A Bantam Spectra book)
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power and prestige in the city's labyrinth of streets …
smobe rated Roller Girl: 4 stars
smobe rated Ace of Spades: 5 stars
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Mama day is about many things. It's the story of Ophelia and George two black American's and how they fall …
smobe rated Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: 3 stars
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven …