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Woodworm by Layla Martínez

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
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5.0

House as metaphor for generational trauma and poverty! Female rage and revenge! Class consciousness! Incredible writing! What more could you want??
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

“Sometimes his very existence to me is the existence of love itself.” 🥹
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman

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dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
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  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Was sitting at around three stars until the second half of the book, which brought my rating up to four stars. The ending left me REELING.
Would recommend reading this physically, as I wasn't the biggest fan of the audiobook narrator.
Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Flèche by Mary Jean Chan

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Best poetry collection I’ve read this year!
Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

Bumping this up to five stars because I can't stop thinking about it.
The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan

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reflective medium-paced
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4.25

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

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dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Everyone in this book is absolutely exhausting. The main character is the most whiny, insufferable protagonist I have ever read. All of that meandering, and for WHAT?
Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry by Florence Welch

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reflective fast-paced

4.5

I think this is meant to be more of a coffee table book than a read-in-one-sitting book, but I enjoyed it! I got my copy from the library and I’d love to buy a copy now for my, you guessed it, coffee table.
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems by Anastacia-Renee

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reflective fast-paced

4.25