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I believe that horror can be an incredible tool for social commentary. I’ve read horror novels that have made me question what humans are capable of, or made me ask myself what I thought about other-ness, or how perception can totally change your life. But I have absolutely no idea what I was supposed to get from Chbosky after Imaginary Friend.
Continue readingI had never heard of Edouard Louis until March when I read his featured article in the New York Times Magazine. And I was incredibly intrigued. Who was this French writer who had been upending French literature for years? Why hadn’t I ever heard of him? I keep up with popular books and there are translations of his work in English. How had I literally never heard of The End of Eddy?
Continue readingRemember when I warned you that I’m reading a lot of contemporary romance right now? I wasn’t kidding. I’ve been reading A LOT of them. Including my first Mia Sosa book, The Worst Best Man!
Continue readingA couple of years ago, a girl committed a crime. But that was years ago, she and her mom are living well adjusted lives with their new family. Everything is perfect. So how does her Mom end up murdered? DUN DUN DUN. MacMillan knows how to hook this reader.
Continue readingWow. Beach Read was so good. Like, first 5 star rating on Goodreads good. It was supposed to be a light read, a romance author helps a modern fiction author believe that love is real. But it was also so much more. Hope and discovery and vulnerability and loss and family and truth. And I was so in love with the characters, Henry did an amazing job.
Continue readingI wanted to like The Two Lives of Lydia Bird. And I did. Sorta. For about two thirds of it. Then things went down hill quickly and never recovered. It had an interesting premise but it was left unfulfilled and Lydia is kinda the worst. Let me explain.
Continue readingI really liked this one. Was it perfect? No. Was it still pretty dang good? Yes! Jimenez tackled love and friendship and loss and health issues with impressive balance and consideration.
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Oh girl. Oh girlllll. Girlllllllllll. This book is awful. Easily in the bottom five books I’ve ever read. And I’ve read a lot of books. So TLDR: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. If you want to know why I’m lambasting Verity, and by association Hoover, read on. But be warned, it ain’t pretty…
Continue readingBruh, this book was not good. Like, I didn’t even want to finish it but I was about halfway through so I was like fine I might as well. Sorry Rai.
Continue readingI have now read both books in the ‘Hot and Hammered’ series written by Tessa Bailey, and I have some thoughts. First of all, that is a terrible series name. Second of all, one of these books was pretty good. The other one was pretty bad. Read on to find out which is which.
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