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182 reviews

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

4.75

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

5.0

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

5.0

This book made me cry real tears.
Waubgeshig Rice is a master of pacing and story building.

Breaking and Entering by Don Gillmor

2.0

If you liked "Less" you might like this. I was not in the right mood for this depressing, going nowhere, real life is shitty, day to day life story of a middle-aged woman in her boring day to day shitty life, written by a man. I don't know why I originally requested it at the library...🤷🏻‍♀️

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

2.5

Not really sure what the point of this book was...??

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

4.0

One of those highly-predictable cute stories with nice characters and a very tied-up little happy ending. Sometimes it's nice to read something like this 🙂

Normal People by Sally Rooney

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

4.25

As soon as I started this book, I couldn't put it down. I saw myself and my weird friends and enemies in all of these characters and I was INVESTED in this relationship/friendship from the get-go.

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

5.0

Black Water: Family, Legacy and Blood Memory by David A. Robertson

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

Astra by Cedar Bowers

4.0