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27 reviews

The Seep by Chana Porter

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Very Online Milennial in its tone, which I occasionally found a little grating, but overall I enjoyed this! Got very interesting in its back half.
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

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A bit beleaguered in the back half, though I liked the last few pages. Randomly got racist for a few pages?
Death by Sex Machine by Franny Choi

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Franny Choi does some really cool, interesting, & creative stuff in this collection!
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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This book will always be unbelievably special to me - it's the book that made me fall back in love with reading and writing as a teenager. It still holds that beauty to me - Baldwin's prose is as enthralling as ever. I don't know that I enjoyed the story itself as much this time, though I understand it a lot better now than I did then. Perhaps a little heavy handed at times. Either way, a beautiful novel that will never leave me.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare said okay now a silly one!!
Normal People by Sally Rooney

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Idk if I can give this a rating. I almost gave up on it, and then happened to pick it up again right as I was dealing with some of the stuff Connell was going through wrt loss and depression, and idk. I just sat and read the whole rest of it in one sitting. It's good to know things can become good again.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Endlessly funny, charming, and romantic, even on a third read. Listening to this audiobook version was especially enjoyable - it really emphasised Austen's skill at capturing the voices of her characters, which were brought to life so wonderfully by Kate Kellgren's narration.