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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton
medium-paced
3.25
i just. i got tired of her poor choices and blindness to herself. liked the style pretty well tho. she is funny. would likely have enjoyed more during my sad girl era
Funny Story by Emily Henry
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
sometimes you read a book at the right time & so maybe this rating is high? but the pacing was excellent, i loved the characters, and the romance was handled so elegantly that i simply have to stan. small mistakes, but too much affection to care. best romance i’ve read in ages!
Must We Mean What We Say?: A Book of Essays by Stanley Cavell
4.5
i only read the last two essays, but i’m counting it because (1) that’s most of the book and (2) the Lear essay is as brilliant as everyone says!!!
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.75
this insane little theory novel was actually quite satisfying and definitely very clever!
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
i enjoyed this book while i was reading it! it didn’t grip me in the way that others of her books have and do, though. also, miss leigh has a TYPE
Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi
love an emergency priesthood but this wasn’t the book for me otherwise (damn u horror book club)
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
2.0
the writing style is strong, but the broad generalizations and inaccurate treatment of many (usually unnamed) texts (plus a misunderstanding of genre and it’s role in literary history, let alone contemporary culture) undermine any effective argumentation
The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope
At 3 am
Names
Being Boring
Evidence
and The Orange brings me such joy. must re-memorize!
Names
Being Boring
Evidence
and The Orange brings me such joy. must re-memorize!