tholmz's reviews
606 reviews

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.

I just can't handle beating scenes and there's so much left in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being by Christy Harrison

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Splinters: A Memoir by Leslie Jamison

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

Leslie Jamison has knocked it out of the park again 

Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

The narrator wasn't interesting enough for the content 

Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era by Saul Austerlitz

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.5

Adult Children of Alcoholics: Expanded Edition by Janet G. Woititz

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

Love a good therapy book and this is super helpful and interesting but is very outdated in its examples, references, and some advice. Overall a good read and gives adults trying to ~heal~ a good framework. 

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.

Kinda boring and my book was due back!