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Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The cover of this book was what drew me in at first. Then the title. Then the book itself. I was so intrigued from page one. What a brilliant mystery. I loved the way this was written. The multiple POVs really made this book. I loved the twist. I loved how it was revealed. Just, wow. I love a good thriller and this absolutely lived up to my expectations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, and Alcohol
Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book was so much fun. I loved it so much. I have such a soft spot for cowboy romance and this one lived up to my expectations. I saw a lot of myself in Pip and Junebug. They both made me laugh so much. The whole McBride family is so kind and funny and I had the time of my life reading about them. My type of man are the golden retriever types, not the black cat, and Morgan was absolutely a black cat. That being said, I had a hard time liking him and his bull-headed ways. But as the book went on, I understood him a lot better and even started to root for him. I'm glad he wasn't a fool and actually married Pip in the end cause I swear, I was not having his stubbornness throughout the book. But he learned to be better, as did Pip and in my head, they live happily ever after, after having about eight kids, of course.
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 4 by Natsuki Takaya
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love love love this volume. I love that we get to see more of Momiji and Hatsuharu. Also Kyo is most definitely in love with Tohru. He's even more in love with her after the end of volume three. He's a bit daft and not very self aware, so he doesn't know it yet, but he loves her. And it's the cutest thing.
"...maybe the truth is that no one is born with a 'reason.' Maybe that's something each person has to find on their own. It could be your dreams or work or another person. The 'reason' you're looking for may be vague, unreliable and unstable but as long as we're alive we want a reason. I want one too. And if possible I want to find it in someone else. 'It's okay to feel that way,' is what they'll say to me. Sometimes I get discouraged...but I still do my best. So...so...it's okay. It's okay to be shameless...to have nerve. After all, by having the nerve to live you may one day be able to meet the person who wants to eat takoyaki with you and you alone."
"...maybe the truth is that no one is born with a 'reason.' Maybe that's something each person has to find on their own. It could be your dreams or work or another person. The 'reason' you're looking for may be vague, unreliable and unstable but as long as we're alive we want a reason. I want one too. And if possible I want to find it in someone else. 'It's okay to feel that way,' is what they'll say to me. Sometimes I get discouraged...but I still do my best. So...so...it's okay. It's okay to be shameless...to have nerve. After all, by having the nerve to live you may one day be able to meet the person who wants to eat takoyaki with you and you alone."
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Everything Alice Oseman touches turns to gold. She has done it again in Heartstopper Vol. 5. I'm absolutely in love with all these characters. They are so vivid and bright people and they inspire me to be myself. There is room for all different kinds of people. This series has taught me that. There is room for all of us. I love you, Nick and Charlie and all the other characters in the Oseman-verse. I wish you were as real as you are in my head.
The Good Ones are Taken by Taj McCoy
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
so boring and the format of the ebook was so hard to read
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
so boring. the hatred these two characters have for each other is way too forced. i found myself cringing so bad and i wasn't even 100 pages in.
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 3 by Natsuki Takaya
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love this series so much. I love all these characters. I'm obsessed.
"...just like that you melt the ugly emotions inside me and the muddled anxiety bit by bit. Why would somebody like you be with me? Why would you cry for me? How could I even ask for that? I sure as hell don't have the right. Even you being with me is a mistake and yet this time I find myself thinking I wanna take care of you and that I don't wanna leave you. I'm wishing for it" (pg 287-289).
"...just like that you melt the ugly emotions inside me and the muddled anxiety bit by bit. Why would somebody like you be with me? Why would you cry for me? How could I even ask for that? I sure as hell don't have the right. Even you being with me is a mistake and yet this time I find myself thinking I wanna take care of you and that I don't wanna leave you. I'm wishing for it" (pg 287-289).
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I'm conflicted with this book honestly. I liked a lot of it and some parts were... questionable. Nora Ephron is funny, witty, and talented, no doubt about it. But homegirl really needed help but refused to get it. But she constantly poked fun at therapy and any kind of mental health disorder, which rubbed me the wrong way. I get it though, it's the generation she grew up in, but it still is strange.
Other than that, I did like this essay collection quite a bit. I don't relate to a lot of it as I am literally 21 not 65, but I loved "On Rapture," "What I Wish I'd Known," and "Considering the Alternative." All were funny and heartfelt.
Overall, I liked it a lot and recommended to anyone feeling lost, adrift, or in need of a good laugh.
Other than that, I did like this essay collection quite a bit. I don't relate to a lot of it as I am literally 21 not 65, but I loved "On Rapture," "What I Wish I'd Known," and "Considering the Alternative." All were funny and heartfelt.
Overall, I liked it a lot and recommended to anyone feeling lost, adrift, or in need of a good laugh.