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26 reviews

Goodbye To All That by Joan Didion

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

her writing’s magical

Dear Dolly: On Love, Life and Friendship, Collected wisdom from her Sunday Times Style Column by Dolly Alderton

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

3.0

i absolutely run the cult of dolly alderton, anyone knows i adore her and i’ve been telling all my lost twenty something friends to read everything i know about love. however, this didn’t really do it for me. it’s not because i thought dolly’s writing wasn’t good, just cause i didn’t see myself in the stories written about as they were all really heterosexual lol

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

invented feminism & lesbianism

Intellectual freedom depends upon material things. (...) Women have had less intellectual freedom than the sons of Athenian slaves. Women, then, have not had a dog's chance of writing poetry. That is why I have laid so much stress on money and a room of one's own.

Le Bal & Snow in Autumn by Irène Némirovsky

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it feels so scary getting old

Tuer le père by Amélie Nothomb

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

assez divertissant et ça se lit vite, mais le plot twist n’en vaut pas vraiment la chandelle. tout est tres en surface et j’ai trouvé ça moins bien écrit que beaucoup de ses autres livres.

Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song by Sara Bareilles

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emotional funny informative relaxing fast-paced

4.0

i am probably extremely biased because i adore sara bareilles and i think everything she touches turns into gold, but this was an absolute delight. she is so witty, and funny all the while staying true to herself. i loved hearing how each song came to life. could not get enough.

Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I don’t know where to begin. I am at loss with words and yet, I have read all those beautiful phrases that look very deeply into who I am. I don’t know what to do with this. I simply can’t see where there is to get to.

Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

« why i write »
« telling stories »
and « everywoman.com »
were top tier

Mon Maroc by Abdellah Taïa

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

le passage « une vie alleuirs ou le traducteur » m’a bouleversé

A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux

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