porcelain's reviews
61 reviews

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cute, fun, easy, a quick read. bias because i love my local library :)

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Greatly admired Makkai upkeeping respect for those with AIDS and not making things a tragic spectacle car crash. I struggled to connect with the characters emotionally. A friend did tell me I reminded him of Yale when he recommended me this book.

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4.0

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

4.0

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

3.5

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

4.0

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

3.75

Severance by Ling Ma

4.0

Good book, lots of great writing and I really liked how Ma omitted quotation marks, but I felt it was a bit heavy handed at times and, while i understand what Ma was going for with the ending (

Candace takes off walking once more, like how she used to wander in her early 20s, untethered to a job or to anyone really

), it felt too abrupt. 

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

4.0

i feel like i'm not at a point in my life where i'm ready to "get" this book.

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

4.0

given to me by a dear friend. a hopeful exploration into transhumanism and space travel