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My Life in Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

so so good. i recommended it to everyone i met while i was reading it. definitely anthropomorphising but it was a case for the merits of it tbh. prose was so beautiful and bittersweet and hit me hard in all the right places. so tailored to my interests that i almost couldn’t believe it???  heartfelt and so queer and sad and hopeful and lovely and shimmering sabrina imbler you are a genius and also a wonderful mermaid/man/fish/whatever
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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1 by Gisèle Gordon, Kent Monkman

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adventurous challenging funny informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

very interesting and educational read. i did have some trouble getting into it, i'm not quite sure why, but i enjoyed the book and the paintings. i do wish the glossary and footnotes had been on the actual pages because flipping to the back was kinda frustrating! but i learned a lot and reading the cree words felt very special. 
Mosaic Man by Ronald Sukenick

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
just wasn't really feeling this one i stopped reading back in fall of 23 i think lol 
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair

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adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

i enjoyed this! tbh it took me a year to read bc i kept starting other books…. but anyway. good book, i did enjoy the earlier parts that focused more on pre-history and ancient history more than the modern stuff (sorry but i don’t really gaf about fancy swimsuits…) but it was all still interesting. glad i read it, wish i hadn’t taken so long!
Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space, and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted, and Afraid to Die by Amy Fusselman

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adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

this was soooo frustrating actually because i first saw this book about a year and a half ago and thought it looked super interesting and have been wanting to read it ever since but couldn’t find it at the library, finally i find it and i read it and it is NOTHING LIKE I THOUGHT!!! i thought it was gonna be an culturally and historically informed anthropological look at americans and our conception of and need for safety … wtf turns out it’s a personal reflection with like 0 sources and that is mostly about… her??? wait i actually don’t gaf…. random lady… i was so bored and frustrated. the writing wasn’t bad but not at all what i was looking for and not what was advertised and honestly … not even that good in of itself even if i imagine i had gone in expecting this. just sorta boring tbh. very annoyed!!
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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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reflective fast-paced

3.0

read it during my library shift bc i found it in the stacks, quick read it took me like 30 minutes LOL. anyway it was interesting i wasn't gagged but like. it was interesting. i love a good graphic novel i can't lie so. always enjoy reading one of those
Tender by Beth Hetland

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this was NASTYYYYY like it was so visceral... i guess it accomplished its goal tho! i like body horror until i don't...
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Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

an interesting read but honestly could have benefitted from another pass of editing. informed my halloween costume this year (i was a bog body) and did tell me more about a topic i’ve been interested in since i was a kid, but it was a touch repetitive and also felt like mostly conjecture? a lot of speculation… although i guess that’s what archaeology is
American Cult by

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informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

interesting little anthology  i picked up to have something to read on the bus - really informative and interesting, and nice to see all the different art styles. heavily focused on the 60s, which makes sense, but i would have loved a few older cults! but i figured there wasn’t enough documentation of older cults. anyway good book i enjoyed it 
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

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challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No

2.75

sorry to all my lesbians but i did not like this book… it was slow and boring and i didn’t like the main characters much and the most interesting part was the ocean but we never got to really know about it or explore it further and i just felt it fell flat. i wanted to like it i really did but the writing style also felt tiring to me… i probably won’t be reading salt slow after this even though it was on my reading list.