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368 reviews

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

5.0

I don't know how to sell this one. It was a blast. Love Island but also it's a horror with a very mild

bigfoot

spin? Horror fans may be put off by the extended build-up, especially if you're used to constant action. Either way, if you're on the fence definitely give it a try. It's fun!

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

4.0

I think this one would have benefitted from being a physical book rather than an audio. The narrator was excellent but having visual representations of artworks would have elevated the experience. As a story, I think it's pretty killer. It's basically nonfiction that reads so unbelievably that if you didn't know that it was real you would think "There's no way. No real museum has security this crappy!" Then you remember you worked for the company that hired security for the local BIG museum and think "oh yeah. I guess that checks."

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

A lovely sci-fi adjacent coming-of-age novel. Adina is both alien and completely relatable. I may have cried listening to the audiobook on the way home from work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Chronic illness

Chlorine by Jade Song

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

4.0

This book is going to sit with me for a while. It's not one I can often recommend but if you're into weird almost horror lit or coming of age books that need a little something extra, this is for you. I also found it compelling even if it was slow in parts.

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino

informative slow-paced

4.0

I saw this at a bookstore and decided it was right up my alley. Food history and the importance of food diversity? Sign me up. There's a lot of information packed into this. I found myself more interested in some sections than others and skimming through some parts. It's appreciated that Saladino does not entirely focus on the Western world, but this is a truly global look at disappearing foods.

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

adventurous emotional reflective

5.0

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous dark fast-paced

5.0

I'm not a mech fan. I have watched Gundam Wing 3 times and could tell you literally nothing about it. I LOVED Iron Widow. I may be biased since I enjoy Zhao on YouTube, but I was impressed. Wu Zeitan is like Katniss Everdeen if she stopped caring about anything else. I stan a bitch who knows she needs rights.

The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado

dark emotional tense

5.0

Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

A great psychological thriller. It really gets into the mind of an abused daughter of a serial killer who has conflicting views of herself. Great for domestic thriller fans!

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Mandel does it again. An absolutely gorgeous sci-fi piece I couldn't put down. Sci-fi junkies may dislike the predictability, but this is about the journey, not the destination.