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Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
4.0
I keep going between 3 and four stars for this book. I over all enjoyed it immensely. It was thrilling, I felt for Cass and her impatience to find her sister, but I also felt for Dr. Winter in want to sit down and comb through every detail of Cass's story. The topic of Narcissism is really intersting and I thought it was informative, I personally couldn't say if it's accurate or not but still informative. The one hang up I had was at the end of the book, the details seemed fairly clustered and unorganized, it took me a couple tries to sort out what was going on.
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
4.0
I picked this book up, spur of the moment, after my brother passed. I felt it was a good first read in the after math of his passing. Sy Montgomery makes me feel comfortable being vulnerable with animals. I've always been "emotional" and break into tears anytime I think about putting my cat down or run over an animal on the road that has already been hit and killed. So to explore these feelings deeper when dealing with the loss of my brother made me feel OK with being vulnerable and emotional with the little things, with the understanding that everyone grieves differently, and to take that grief and learn from the life I did live with animals and people who have passed in my life.
This book was also fairly informative particularly that Giant Pacific Red Octopus Females still lay eggs even if they're not fertilized, giving up their well being to protect eggs that will never hatch.
I loved the cover art for this book but wish that the illustrations with in were just as glamorous. Although a few were still dynamic in how they were illustrated, I feel like the composition for most of them could have been better.
This book was also fairly informative particularly that Giant Pacific Red Octopus Females still lay eggs even if they're not fertilized, giving up their well being to protect eggs that will never hatch.
I loved the cover art for this book but wish that the illustrations with in were just as glamorous. Although a few were still dynamic in how they were illustrated, I feel like the composition for most of them could have been better.
Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
2.0
I picked this book up back in October and had to put it down due to my brother committing suicide early November, and I had a fear this this book would hit too close to home too soon in my life.
This wasn't the case. I picked this book back up and really just couldn't get into it.
I enjoyed the concept: Dystopian-esc future, society is bent on creating immortal life, wanting and trying to be immortal is the norm, anyone who wants to die is considered "antisanct" and are shunned for enjoying anything that may be "bad" for you (ie eating meat, sugar, or playing music or over exercising)
I'm unsure what I originally thought this book would contain, but what it did was really just meh. It felt like there was just too much going on in a way that wasn't very organized. By the end of the book I really didn't care what happened.
This wasn't the case. I picked this book back up and really just couldn't get into it.
I enjoyed the concept: Dystopian-esc future, society is bent on creating immortal life, wanting and trying to be immortal is the norm, anyone who wants to die is considered "antisanct" and are shunned for enjoying anything that may be "bad" for you (ie eating meat, sugar, or playing music or over exercising)
I'm unsure what I originally thought this book would contain, but what it did was really just meh. It felt like there was just too much going on in a way that wasn't very organized. By the end of the book I really didn't care what happened.