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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

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hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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All Fours by Miranda July

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First book I’ve read that centres menopause. Had to give an extra star for that tampon scene b/c omg - unlike anything I’ve read 4🧗‍♂️
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Unleashed by Boris Johnson

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2.0

Quick tie him back up! Listen to 30 hours of BJ yap & moan about everyone he hates 2⛓️

This is one long book: thankfully I  listened to the audiobook which he narrates very animatedly but even that took a while. 

To be fair I think you can make your memoir as long or as short as you like and here BJ goes into great detail of his political career and accomplishments. 

Less detail is given on his controversies: Nazanin Zaghari, party-gate, Pincher ect. and more of a defence/general blaming of others.

There is so much shade at May omg in one anecdote at a state dinner he basically portrays her as socially awkward and inept. 

Sadly no mention of his many affairs or how he met Carrie. 

A mix of boring (all the brexit stuff) and entertaining (shade of other politicians + dying of covid).

#levelUp #getBrexitDone
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The Trial by Franz Kafka

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

WHAT’S HAPPENING?!! Shoutout to Kafka for literally writing an entire novel to get out of an engagement 2😵‍💫
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BRAT: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith

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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Who the fuck are you? I’m a brat when I’m bumping that 2🦌 
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From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

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4.0

Unofficial sequel to Pricilla’s Elvis and Me (though I preferred this). Parts written by Riley were heartbreaking. An incredible read, wish LM were still alive and the book was longer 4🎵
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

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4.0

“‘the devil was standing right there.’…the missing panel: showed William K Hale, staring coldly at the camera. The Osage had removed his image, not to forget the murders, as most Americans had, but because they cannot forget.” 4🥀
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Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen by Robert Jobson

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informative reflective slow-paced

1.0

I love a bit of royal propaganda and this one doesn’t hold back with plenty Megan and Harry shade 1👸🏻

NB wishing the princess a speeding recovery tho 
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Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Preferred her first book - this one took me a while to care about the sisters but I eventually got there 3💙
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Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino

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adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Incredible writing, wish I could read the original Italian - not a huge fan of short stories and was a bit of a slog for me to get through 3👙
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