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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

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4.0

Heart wrenching and real. Saw the show first. Would love a US physician equivalent too.

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

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4.5

What a great and thorough introduction to more than just her most famous pieces. Now requesting holds on her individual books to get each collection one at a time.

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

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4.5

A one day read that also got me out of a reading slump after a hard month. I am glad I heard about this book and this author from a reading podcast older episode. Off to read Jane and The Argonauts too.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

I really loved it but the end didn't hold up the way I wanted.

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

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• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Very sweet quick read I am passing to the kids next.

An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

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5.0

I lingered and reread over this one. Washing My Mother's Body is the best poem I have read in a year and I read a good bit of poetry. 

We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story by Josh Sundquist

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3.0

Fun fast read with lots of vulnerability.

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

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5.0

Another must read. One I will buy, notate, and pass around.

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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5.0

A must read. One I slowed down more than my usual audiobooks to hear the prose all the way through me.

In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Fun and steamy and a fast read. The premise sounds exactly like a Hallmark movie ut the writing and humor are much better quality.