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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
4.0
Fun read! I really liked the second half. Sally Jay is funny and young and dumb and knows she's being ridiculous but just can't help it. The letter from her uncle towards the end was funny. Sometimes I lost track of the days/plot but overall I really enjoyed. I need to go to Paris so I can hate it and get out of it.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
4.0
Such a sweet, sweet book. Made me think about my grandma and the ways she played with me. We had a bit of a language barrier but she always understood my needs. Tove Jansson writes so simply but it makes such an impact. You would think that writing something like "it was pretty" is boring or lack-luster, but it's all that these stories need. It was pretty. It just was. I am not a writer myself but this book made me want to write something, anything at all. I feel that urge very rarely so I appreciate that the book took me to that place. My favorite stories were The Pasture, Playing Venice, Midsummer, The Robe, The Crooks, Of Angleworms and Others, and Sophias Storm.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
3.0
Woah! What a story! Horribly sad though. But went all kinds of ways. Some of the “narrative” parts of this non fiction were a little eh to me but overall it’s a very compelling and easy to read book.
The End of the Story by Lydia Davis
2.0
not my cup of tea :( i found it boring and tedious at times. the writing is interesting as an exercise for writers i think, but not for readers. i wasnt going to write a review but i changed my mind as i was explaining the book to a friend. i have lots of thoughts on it. but mostly, i am happy to be done with it.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
5.0
My first reaction when I finished the book was “no!! i want to know what happened next!!!”
maya was such a curious and insightful child I loved these stories.
maya was such a curious and insightful child I loved these stories.
The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
4.0
I really liked these essays! I will have to re-read after I watch/read/listen to the stuff he referenced but it was still great. I really appreciated the essays about the eerie as it's kind of a non-tangible thing and kind of hard to explain but I think Fisher did a good job breaking it down and helping me understand where that eerie feeling comes from. I love weirdo shit.