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Sarah's Key
Room
Rainwater
The Help
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Lightning Thief
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Notebook
Eat, Pray, Love
The Time Traveler's Wife
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


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Friday, August 24, 2018

An Entertaining LGBTQ novel

Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)


Tales of the City

By: Armistead Maupin

Genre: Adult Realistic Fiction/LGBTQ

Pages: 272

Published: 1989

Read:  August

3 out of 5

I chose to read this book because it is one of the 100 Great American Reads. It reminded me of the TV series Sex and the City (1998-2004) and the movie Singles (1992). It takes place in San Francisco and follows several people that live in the same apartment complex. All the chapters were about 3 pages long (love, love, love) with lots of humor. Being primarily about a gay community, I am sure there was more humor than I picked up on. Nonetheless, it was funny and an entertaining read. I loved the format of the book, which flipped back and forth between the characters and how the characters intercept each other. However, I thought some characters and their story line were boring, hence the 3 star rating.