domskeac's reviews
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I actually really enjoyed this one! This is the first book that had significant parts not featured in the show that I found myself wishing would have been included. I enjoyed the outer parts of the realm, and the writing choice of sticking with certain characters over a consistent timeline across the series for a whole book was bold.

Enjoyed reading and finished about an hour before the last GoT premiere started. Now let’s see if I can finish the series before the show ends! 🙏

Had my online book club tonight where we discussed The Bell Jar. It is full of humor, universality, specificity, and truth.

Thank you, SylviaPlath, for writing so authentically I thought it was myself amidst the pages.

Tonight was the first meeting of my online book club for 2019! [Contact me if you want to join! The club centers POC, women, queer, and international authors. So far the club has ~30 members and each club meeting has had between 5-8 people, perfect for a book club! So, join in! I plan books three months in advance so people have enough time to read and get the date on their calendar early.]

We read the unmatched David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day. Loved ringing in 2019 with these stories of family and insecurity and sarcastic cockiness all stuck together. This book is improbably true in form.

Did we have to end on Kevin? DID WE HAVE TO END ON KEVIN?

It was an honor to read this in my Bronzeville apartment, thinking about the complexity of Chicago and the ways this city has molded me into who I am today. Thankful for Moore’s work!

Recommend to: residents of Chicago (specifically white residents), social workers, city planners, politicians, and anyone who might lean toward describing Chicago’s south side in just one word—this book complicates the ways the south side has been simplified by the media and its (whiter) northern residents. Check it out!