babybelchels's reviews
44 reviews

Dark Days by James Baldwin

dark informative fast-paced

4.75

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Some day you’ll wake up and you just won’t feel like playing anymore.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? N/A

5.0

The timing of me finishing this book right after I dropped my brother off on the first day of his final primary school year was a wonderful coincidence

Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Oscar Wilde’s tweets

Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking by Catherine McCormack

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

After my 7 month reading hiatus, this book brought me back!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh I love love

The Steel Flea by Nikolay Leskov

funny fast-paced

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

2.0

Maybe I’m not ready for Russian lit yet …….

Normal People: The Scripts by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The script, tv series and book wasn’t enough I need Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar Jones to perform it for me live 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence

Artists' Film by Steve McQueen, David Curtis

4.75

Installation and the Moving Image by Catherine Elwes

medium-paced

4.0