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kete wants to read Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng, Celest ng: Little Fires Everywhere (Paperback)

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Celest ng

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, …

kete finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo [sound recording] by E. L. James

E. L. James: The Count of Monte Cristo [sound recording] (AudiobookFormat, 2008, Blackstone Audio)

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Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a …

Content warning partial synopsis on Count of Monte Cristo & comment on author

Edmund was vengeance, an emperor, and “egotist”. He made an Italian bank, possibly raised a peasant to his own chief bandit and took care of the other bandits! He tricked a French banker into accepting his Italian bank's credit.... They abducted the banker! (after abducting his other rival’s son!)

Amazing story with many more details about his 2 French lives and life on the northern Mediterranean and “the Greeks”. He owned a “Nubian” slave, whom he saved from death. There's a fascinating book about the author’s father, who was in the Haitian revolution?

kete finished reading Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens

Delia Owens: Where the crawdads sing (2018)

"For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on …

I liked the description of this book, and it did not disappoint me.

kete rated Where the crawdads sing: 5 stars

Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens

"For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's …

kete rated Talking to Strangers: 3 stars

Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers (Hardcover, 2019, Little, Brown and Company)

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

kete finished reading Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

This was not what I expected. It seems intended for police officers.

kete finished reading Parable of the talents by Octavia E. Butler

No cover — Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the talents (AudiobookFormat, 2001, Recorded Books)

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage …

I didn't like this as much as Earthseed 1, but I was impressed by some parts and hope they don't come true! I liked the story about her brother and how she wound up.

kete rated Parable of the talents: 4 stars

Parable of the talents by Octavia E. Butler

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …

kete finished reading Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler: Parable Of The Sower (Paperback, 2000, Warner Books)

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful …

I enjoyed this story although it kind of warns us to prepare more than I have been doing.

kete rated Parable Of The Sower: 5 stars

Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

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kete finished reading Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and …

I liked the way Butler wrote the story, and I enjoyed the story; but some parts were almost unbearable. That was just the reality though.

kete rated Kindred: 4 stars

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives. …

kete rated Primal body -- primal mind: 4 stars

Nora T. Gedgaudas: Primal body -- primal mind (2009, Primal Body--Primal Mind Pub.)

Primal body -- primal mind by Nora T. Gedgaudas

Selective pressures designed our primal physiology, but we can adapt our physiologies and our mind-sets to the modern world, and …

kete finished reading Primal body -- primal mind by Nora T. Gedgaudas

Selective pressures designed our primal physiology, but we can adapt our physiologies and our mind-sets …

very complicated and expensive diet but easy to get the hang of. too much soapboxing from the author, possibly too much shouting, patronizing, or condensation. I didn't like all of her comments or repetitive word choices. The review on the back is by a left-wing TERF who has appeared with white nationalists and a racist homophobe, so as an ally, that association scares me. She also referenced Dr Mercola, who is a quack.

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