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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
5.0
I’ll give you treasure chests full of gold pieces, I know the value of spending time with you.
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
5.0
Will need to re read to fully absorb but fantastic arguments + well worth the read
I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter by Isabel Fall
5.0
when you imagine the innocent dead, who do you see?
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
3.0
people are complicated and even holding that truth with me I still hated everyone in this novel
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
3.5
worth the read BUT this is essentially a long long comparative paper examining different high school textbooks, not necessarily an alternative or an additional resource to teaching history imo. so clear this was written by a white man who was so excited to show he was respecting marginalized communities and retell their real history that he forgot to like. do that.
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
2.5
this was just Ronan / Adam / Gansey / Kavinsky fan fiction LMAO also the curse could have been like. A really cool metaphor for HIV/AIDs and it was like. Not!
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
4.0
two beings are called traitors to their people for vastly different reasons and they have only communicated once…. the universe is so big and I am going to be sick
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
5.0
“it’s too simplistic!! the writing is so unsophisticated!!” some of y’all haven’t heard of basic concepts in this book and could benefit from a digestible/accessible essay abt it.
Final Girls by Riley Sager
2.5
I love final girl slasher novels they are my BREAD. AND. BUTTER. found out this was written by a man and it explained everything I hated about it. Why do I care what fucking color her ballet flats are!!!