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Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
5.0
i read this slowly on purpose, i didn’t want it to end. when it did, it was devastating. a very beautiful novel, tragic, drowning. also the ocean is terrifying. Florence Welch has taste !!!!!!
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
5.0
five stars is not enough for this goddamn book. what did I just read? my brain is exploding right now. I am all over the place. this is WRITING. its like gold, but on paper, and in words, and in love. my little hopeless romantic heart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cried of course. I did not know what to expect from this book, besides my lover saying “you’ll love it pls read it” even though I’m the one who convinced them to buy it in the first place. red and blue. blue and red. wow.
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
5.0
hearing about this book, titled a classic, I somehow knew nothing about it besides surface level context. it really was a gut punch, heart wrenching, honest, tragic. too short, bittersweet.
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen
3.0
this is for my dissertation reading but i truly recommend it if you’d want an actual concise book. however there is no further reading and proper citing which is making my life rather difficult. This is mostly a school like book, suitable for baseline knowledge of history. It’s good to have in hand when suddenly forgetting what certain terms mean, come from, etc. it is after all 500 years of history in a small book. I read mostly theory which is incredibly dense, so having a more balanced academic text is very useful to keep my brain on track.
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