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Shira Glassman

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Genre

Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian, Young Adult

Member Since

August 2013

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Shira Glassman is a bisexual Jewish violinist passionately inspired by German and French opera and Agatha Christie novels.

She lives in north central Florida, where the alligators are mostly harmless because they're too lazy to be bothered.

A note on my reviewing style: I read lots of books, but writing reviews is work and I only really do them to endorse books that I enjoyed enough to signal boost. That's why my reviews are mostly positive. It's not that I like every book ever :P ...more

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Why are all my reviews 4 or 5 stars?

A note on my reviewing style: I read lots of books, but writing reviews is work and I only really do them to endorse books that I enjoyed enough to signal boost. That's why my reviews are mostly positive. It's not that I like every book ever :P

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Shira Glassman’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 4,258 ratings · 1,077 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Knit One, Girl Two 3.82 avg rating — 1,388 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Mango (Mangoverse, #1) by Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author), Erika Hammerschmidt (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Jessica St. Ama (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 825 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless 3.70 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Climbing the Date Palm (Mangoverse, #2) by Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Schauer (Illustrator), Jane Dominguez (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Harvest of Ripe Figs (Mangoverse, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor 3.93 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olive Conspiracy (Mangoverse, #4) by Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author), Caroline C. (Illustrator), Jane Dominguez (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wet Nails by Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author), Jane Dominguez (Illustrator), Jaymi Lynn (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 137 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Perach (Mangoverse, #4.5) by Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author), Caroline C. (Illustrator), Jane Dominguez (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Outer Lands (Mangoverse, #0.5) 4.24 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Shira Glassman

Mangoverse (4 books)
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Shira Glassman (Goodreads Author),

Caroline C. (Illustrator),

Jane Dominguez (Illustrator),

Jaymi Lynn (Editor)

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Mother of Souls (Alpennia, #3)

by Heather Rose Jones (Goodreads Author)

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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author)

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Dear Taylor (Letters to War, #1)

by Eija Jimenez (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Shira Glassman (?)

“Jeweled stars, pearl stars, silver coins in olive jars... glittering deep within the dark, see them flicker, see them spark...”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

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“You have to believe in your authority if you want anyone else to," Rivka commented.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

tags: inspirational, mangoverse

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“Who is this brave woman,” he said softly between gasps, “who has pierced my heart?” Rivka smiled, at peace, and held him. She was still wearing her sword.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

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Polls

Which book should the YA LGBT Books group read as our Book of the Month for July 2014?

Children of the Knight

by Michael J. Bowler

42 votes 37.5%

Annie on My Mind

by Nancy Garden

15 votes 13.4%

Reoriented

Tyler J. Francke

15 votes 13.4%

The Second Mango

by Shira Glassman

11 votes 9.8%

Falling From The Sky

by Nikki Godwin

11 votes 9.8%

What Happened to Lani Garver

by Carol Plum-Ucci

10 votes 8.9%

Silhouette of a Sparrow

by Molly Beth Griffin

6 votes 5.4%

Tiffany and Tiger's Eye

by Foxglove Lee

2 votes 1.8%

112 total votes

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Shira’s Quotes

“If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?'

'Lots of planets have a north!”
― Russell T Davies

tags: accent, class, doctor-who, humour, prejudice, rose-tyler, the-doctor, the-doctor-and-rose

480 likes

“Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.”
― Junot Díaz

tags: elvish, lord-of-the-rings, racism, spanish, white-people

486 likes

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: bootstraps, equality, fair, reasonable, work-ethic

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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner