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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

4.0

3.5. Makes for an engaging audiobook and definitely made me think.

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar

5.0

Big thank you to Amber and Lacey for sharing their experiences. It’s worth repeating their central idea: if you can’t figure out why something is happening, what reason someone [white people] would have to say/do the things explained in this book, then the answer is racism… racism doesn’t need a “why,” it’s just… racism.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

I just really, really, really liked it. Portrays the importance of pursuing the type of relationships that would hurt the most to lose alongside the pull of different types of love. Touches on feminist, queer, and racial contexts.

Overall an entertaining sociopolitical piece of historical fiction that’s plot and character driven with some punchy—as well as some heart-twisting—one liners.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.0

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

4.0

One Life by Emma Brockes, Megan Rapinoe

2.0

Big soccer fan and supporter of MR’s advocacy. However, as a memoir, this comes up short. The writing is extremely repetitive: multiple moments where the exact same event or person is described in almost the exact same way many times throughout the book. Overall, lacks depth and introspection outside of her reasons for her advocacy.

Favorite moments: descriptions of soccer plays, womens’ US soccer equal pay movement, and her brother’s plight

We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz

3.0

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

3.0

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.0

3.5 rounded up. TJR is just so great at characters and story telling. Picked this up to fulfill my lasting _Evelyn Hugo_ hangover and while Emma isn’t Evelyn, I enjoyed it. Unlike other TJR books, there’s not a historical nonfiction element to this one—it’s more like a mature and gritty Nicholas Sparks.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

3.0

Unsettling and intriguing, but not a high-star read for me.