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Wings of Snow by Krista Street
Did not finish book.

I hate the whole mate thing!

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

“I begin to long for some little language such as lovers use, broken words, inarticulate words, like the shuffling of feet on pavement.” Thank you Ms.Woolf!

Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse

I made the mistake of reading this book slowly over the course of two weeks. In doing so I have done what Hesse writes a great disservice. This is a book to me immersed into fully from cover to cover. I am left with no words.

Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya by Jamaica Kincaid

1.0

I was so disappointed with this book. Not in its writing, Kincaid’s writing is beautiful and easy to drop into, but in Kincaid herself. While the descriptions of the nature around her and of her inner world were appealing and read beautifully as a travel account, her attitude towards the Nepalese people that  make her trip possible were revolting. She makes no effort to remember their names, explicitly saying they were too long and hard, instead referring to them by their ‘roles’; the person in charge of cooking is simply Cook and the person in charge of carrying the table they eat on is Table. The complaints she makes about them and their work are so blind to her role in relation to them and the privilege she is  hiking the himalayas in. In the same section she will wonder at how someone could carry such weights up the mountain then complain that they lagged behind. Grow up! Carry the stuff yourself if you want it around you at your call. Her americanness is so evident and really surprises me as I expected her Caribbean ancestry would give her insight and understanding. 

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver… what a poet.

Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan

Favourite Poems in this book:

• Venice 
• Fatal Flaw
• Bunched Clothes
• Musical Chairs
• A Trench Like That
• Erratic Facts

All's Well by Mona Awad

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Richard Osman really outdid himself with this book, every time I thought I had a grasp of how the plot would flow the book would take another unexpected twist. Could not put it down.

A Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora by Daniel Boyarin

4.25

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen