jannythelibrarian's reviews
374 reviews

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

2.0

should have stopped at 40%. unlikable protagonist and the story dragged on

Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee

poetic, beautiful language but found it boring for me

each chapter includes:
- her experience hiking in taiwan
- taiwan's nature
- her grandpa/grandma's life and family history

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

best stories:

love, actually
rush hour
twilight
harry potter
notebook
titanic
forrest gump

House of Sticks by Ly Tran

3.75

get this girl glasses asap! family immigrates to the states as refugees from vietnam during/post war (dad was political prisoner). follows life from childhood to uni student. readalike to Beautiful Country but this one is better

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

4.25

2 loosely (very loose) interconnected stories - same characters names, and "to paradise" theme. 

book 1 - his fic 1893 america
book 2- 1993 hawaii and manhattan
book 3 - 2093 ameria with plague, govnt control

We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

2.0

nope. trash. belly and jeremiah are stupid. he "cheats" on her and they decide to get married?? huh. she's 18. then the real story is actually the 2 page epilogue at the end of the book. spoliers belly and conrad are married in the end 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

5.0

despite the unlikable characters, and killing off the one nice guy, it was a 5/5 book 

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin

protagonist is 60-ish umma struggling to understand gay daughter and her partner

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.0

written in interview transcript style (documentary). 7 husbands #1 then this, followed by malibu rising 

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

i would have been obsessed if i read this as a teen