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186 reviews
Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb
3.5
this was alright. it suffered a bit from too much information. i appreciated the celebs that were included tho bc i knew almost all of them. the marilyn monroe, princess d, and lincoln biographies were my favs
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
3.75
kind of a let down tbh (?) but i still enjoyed this and got properly freaked out a couple times. eleanor was beyond annoying tho
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
4.0
entertaining read for sure!! not as literary or subtle as i may have sished
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh
3.75
not a lot i didn’t already know and a little too historical to truly be considered a memoir. but that in itself is a commentary because it makes it clear that history is inseparable from the palestinian identity
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
5.0
this was such an excellent quick read. i skimmed a lot of the poetry bc that stuff kinda goes over my head but i was enthralled. read it in like 45 mins
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
4.25
i wasn’t particularly blown away by this book but it was a solid memoir and very hard hitting, although i am far removed from what the authors writing about
Foster by Claire Keegan
3.75
definitely well written but i found myself finishing the book with a feeling that i was missing the thing that makes this book so critically acclaimed
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
5.0
absolutely soul crushing to read about the sliver of hope the taliban brought. also tragic that this book ended on a relatively positive note in 2007 just for the taliban to again rise to power a decade later. devastating and khaled hosseini is an absolute genius. the last line made me cry
1984 by George Orwell
insaneeee
4.0
if i had no preconceived notions of this i would’ve rated this lower but it was certainly a feat of its time. listening to this was prolly a good idea - i was able to think through things as they happened
until they become conscious they will never rebel. and until after they have rebelled they can not become conscious
insaneeee