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The Details by Ia Genberg

5.0

I fell in love. The writing, the three 'details', the fever I felt in my bones. 

Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren

1.5

It just didn’t hit for me. I get it’s meant to be tangled but the kidnapping element being a side plot felt so strange. 

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

4.75

Cried on the tube. Read in a day. Couldn't put it down - an exceptional exploration of grief and childhood and family. 

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

5.0

This might be the best book I've read this year. 

Send Nudes by Saba Sams

4.25

I read this on the beach in Spain. It is not a beach read. It is a systematic breakdown of everything wrong with how girls grow up BUT also fuck that and let the dang girls live. Phew.

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

4.0

Murderbot is a boss. I am going to keep reading these and keep loving them, I know it. 

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

4.5

What a ride. I love this - a mish mash of romance, sci-fi, drama. It was sassy and smart and fun. Upon further reflection it may be a 5 star. Sheesh, worth the hype. 

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth

4.0

Everyone should read this and then we should make it happen. That is all. 

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor

5.0

I think this is excellent. I cannot stop thinking about how excellent it is - in all the quiet ways that tend to make up my favourite books. And a debut! Excellent. 

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

3.0

This one made me cry on the tube - some of it didn't land for me but when it did it landed hard.