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75 reviews

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

The Talisman by Peter Straub, Stephen King

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

5.0

this is the story of a boy
who traveled east and then traveled back west
he needed a charm to reverse his mum’s death
i absolutely loved it
when he flipped

Have a Little Pun: An Illustrated Play on Words (Book of Puns, Pun Gifts, Punny Gifts) by Frida Clements

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

kept me entertained while shopping at meijer lol

Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.25

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Bunny by Mona Awad

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

not sure what was up with the edition i read but there were so many typos that got past the editor. what kept me going was ava, to be honest. it was fun reading the dialogue of each bunny in my head like quinn morgendorffer & her clique’s tone of voice. i do wish i could read jonah’s alaska poetry. 

The Crucible: Text and Criticism by Jean Selz, Henry Steele Commager, Brooks Atkinson, Harold Hobson, William Wiegand, Robert Warshow, Henry Hewes, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Walter Kerr, Bernard Stambler, Eric Bentley, Mark Twain, Arthur Miller, Budd Schulberg, Richard H. Rovere, Joseph R. McCarthy, Penelope Curtis, Stephen Fender, Joseph T. Shipley, David Levin, Gerald Weales, Robert Calef, Herbert Blau, Marcel Aymé, Whittaker Chambers, Deodat Lawson, John Hale, Aldous Huxley, Lee Baxandall, Albert Hunt

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

Beloved by Toni Morrison

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

dark reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0