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The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
4.0
Kate DiCamillo can do no wrong, and this was such a fun read after reading Matrix by Lauren Groff. More medieval stories, plz!
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
3.0
I liked it just fine, and it's super soothing, but can we please have a book about mushrooms that is not about psilocybin and psychedelic mushrooms?
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
2.0
I don't know, maybe Asian-centric sci-fi/fantasy isn't for me? (grimace emoji) It was so drawn out. I couldn't.
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
4.0
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my free copy!
The Year of Essays continues with this strong collection. I didn't like it QUITE as much as They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, but it's VERY good, and you should read it. Just do it.
The Year of Essays continues with this strong collection. I didn't like it QUITE as much as They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, but it's VERY good, and you should read it. Just do it.
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
4.0
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my free copy!
This is a great middle grade book about education in another country and how it might look. There's a lot to talk about here between kids and their adults, like class, "good trouble," and art.
This is a great middle grade book about education in another country and how it might look. There's a lot to talk about here between kids and their adults, like class, "good trouble," and art.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
3.0
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my free copy!
I'm an Emily St. John Mandel completist, so I would have read this anyway, but I think this one came too soon after the publication and smash success of Station Eleven. I felt like it was clear that she was working stuff out in terms of that being her most popular/well-known book when she has so many others in the backlist. I was unprepared for it to have crossover characters with The Glass Hotel, so when it did, I was jarred out of the story.
I'm an Emily St. John Mandel completist, so I would have read this anyway, but I think this one came too soon after the publication and smash success of Station Eleven. I felt like it was clear that she was working stuff out in terms of that being her most popular/well-known book when she has so many others in the backlist. I was unprepared for it to have crossover characters with The Glass Hotel, so when it did, I was jarred out of the story.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
4.0
Really good! Especially for this word nerd who is mildly intrigued by cults but doesn't need every detail of every cult out there. I thought the analysis of organizations like churches, Soulcycle, and MLMs was really on point.