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44 reviews

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.”

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XRmVNkLFSQqP5fC7NcWaR?si=6Etmdh9DRxOINM8w8okeFg was listening to this curated playlist for the book whilst I read it, makes everything all the more crushing 

Happening by Annie Ernaux

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Finally finished this book post Japan trip, a lingering memory indeed

Just Kids by Patti Smith

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

“It took me far from the world I had known, yet Robert was ever in my consciousness; the blue star in the constellation of my personal cosmology.“

Beautiful and heartbreaking and set in New York. 

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0