Thanks to Lark Writes for giving me the inspiration to write short, poetic book reviews. Hers are called 'Haiku Reviews.' I'll make mine a little longer and call them tanka-poetry reviews. Similar to haikus, tanka poems are short, using only 31-syllables in the cadence pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. I call these reviews tanka-poetry but the books I am reviewing are not specifically poetry books.
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We all know chickens.
First Story, January 2024.
I am way behind on my book reviews so these tanka-reviews are for the books I don't plan on reviewing more fully.
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| The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill Avon Books, January 2025 |
A magical store
transports Darby back in time --
a confusing time
before he comes out as trans.
Offering chance for a new start.
My rating: 3 stars. Audiobook.
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| What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery Atria Books, November 2024 |
We all know chickens.
Right? We think we do, but don't.
Learn all about
these intelligent with
help from Sy, past chick farmer.
My rating: 4.25 stars. Print.
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| Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen Pham |
Fun graphic novel
by author of Dragon Hoops.
Heart-warming story--
fate, family, forgiveness,
and also lion-dancing!
My rating: 4 stars. E-Book.
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| Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Loren Long Dial Books, March 2021 |
Someone has the dream
for buildings, bridges, and books--
but laborers do
the work to make dreams come true.
Best Kid Lit I've read this year.
My rating: 5 stars. Print edition read with grandsons.
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| The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf Vintage, 1984. A story of Edith who sacrificed happiness for her family -- then in one gesture, regains her own freedom and future. My rating: 3 stars. Print. ____________________________________________________________________ |
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