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326 reviews

peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

5.0

i am all hair and tits and teeth waiting for my chance to take a bite out of the next person i see. you will remember me by the pieces of me i leave behind and i will not apologize for a single strand.

GrayReign by M.A. Phipps

5.0

AAAAHHHHHHHHH what a satisfying end to the series oh i love this shit so much ** it’s been 5 months and i’m compelled to come back to say just how much this series meant to me and that i loved it start to finish. the characterization, world building, and tension (romantic or otherwise) were all so well handled. i have spent months chasing the high that this series gave me, worried i’d never find anything else that could compare. and so far, not much else has meant nearly as much to me as this.

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

5.0

hey god, its me again, chronic middle book lover. LITERALLY nothing happens in this whole book and it takes place in like 24 hours and yet is the most fucking fun i’ve had in days. oh my GOD i need cyrus carnally. when im through with him they will have to invent new words to explain what ive done

DarkRise by Rebecca Jaycox, M.A. Phipps, M.A. Phipps

5.0

hey god it’s me notorious middle book lover. absolutely obsessed with the characterization of caleb; what matters to him and the sense of clarity he has on consent, boundaries, and assault. he’s not so detached from himself after years of corporal punishment to not recognize when he’s been assaulted. luna’s characterization lacked in this one, but i don’t think it was wrong. she’s been a victim her whole life and while she finally had autonomy in LightFall, she had none in DarkRise. it’s cyclic. it’s like she’s back in the padded room institutionalized. she’s collapsed into herself so there wasn’t room for character growth; and there probably wasn’t supposed to be. also i want alexander Dead <3

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

5.0

sometimes a book is written just for you and sometimes you find that book by pure chance for 25¢ in a thrift store 45 minutes away from home.

London, 1850 by Sebastian Rook, Ben Jeapes

5.0

this series meant EVERYTHING to me as a child and certainly is fundamental to who i am now. i can see the parts of it that to this day reflect in my choice of study in college, history and cultural anthropology, and in my obsessions as an adult, vampires babyyyyyy. it really is still a great quick read even 21 years later.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2.0

ya know i was expecting sexism and violence given the time. but i wasn’t expecting such cruelty from the hands of a fictional protagonist directed to his wives and children

All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi

5.0

hey god it’s me for the 2nd time, chronic middle book lover! turns out this is the real middle book of the series and god alive just about nothing happens in it and i loved every single second. cyrus my belovedddddddd.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

5.0

when suzanne collins first thought of the hunger games, she was channel surfing and was in a feedback loop clicking back and forth between the invasion of iraq and a reality tv competition. she said the two blended together in an unsettling way. which is an understatement. the haunting parallels of then versus today when i started my reread are nauseating and unbearably accurate.

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4.0

much more cohesive and coherent than the collection “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous,” but still fell to the way side in the last few pieces