babybelchels's reviews
39 reviews

The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

5.0

It is what I was born for-
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world—
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
(Excerpt from Mindful)

The highlights of my mornings and days have come from this very book. I am thankful.

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

“Or maybe it's about the wonderful things that may happen if you break the ropes that are holding you.” 

Oliver was such a delight to read, she will speak of the simplest and smallest things and it will be the most beautiful and lyrical thing I’ve ever read.

The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz

funny slow-paced

The realest woman out there!

Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

“All the while, my mother stayed close to me, as if she felt that the flow of the crowd was a current, and that if we were separated, we would not be able to make our way back to each other, but continue to drift further and further apart.“

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

emotional reflective fast-paced

“Sometimes I wonder if the purpose of my writing is to find out whether other people have done or felt the same things or, if not, for them to consider experiencing such things as normal. Maybe I would also like them to live out these very emotions in turn, forgetting that they had once read about them somewhere.” 

I haven’t felt this intensely passionate about a man yet but I understand her

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

adventurous reflective fast-paced

4.0

“We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it.“

It’s my turn now :) 

Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll by Priscilla Presley

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

“Have I lost you to another man?”

“It’s not that you’ve lost me to another man, you’ve lost me to a life of my own.”