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My Education by Susan Choi

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
wayyyy too dense, and i heard from mallow (friend i was doing the buddy read with who finished ahead of me) that the ending was unsatisfying.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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hopeful lighthearted
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

i’m admittedly judgy about books like this but i went into this with as open a mind as possible and was pleasantly surprised by how much i enjoyed it! charlie is very cute, and the cookie-cutter characters grow on you as you get to know them. i still do not love a first-person-POV book, but this was a nice light read :)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

it was good + i remembered why i was so obsessed with it in high school despite not having read it all through, BUT there is a lot of nature description which i feel is my weakness as a reader. i needed all sorts of help to get through those bits… would have DNF’d if it weren’t for book club.

still we spent 2 hours talking about it and it was a lot of fun to discuss :^)
Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto

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Did not finish book.
YA really is not for me anymore. 10 years ago i would have felt seen by this, maybe? unsure. 
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
i am really not into how slow this is + uninvested in any of these people
Savaging the Dark by Christopher Conlon

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
holy fuck
Kinky History by Esmé Louise James

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i'll try again another time. not in a nonfiction mood