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Six Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

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CW: abuse, sexual assault, mental illness (violent/hallucinatory schizophrenia) Finally got around to reading this–presumably to no one’s surprise, it’s exactly the type of non-fiction book that would appeal to me. A bit of healthcare, a bit of narrative, tension as to how it’ll all end…catnip. The star lost is very specific to me–towards the end of the novel, when we catch up to the present day (or days closer to present), we transition into a bit of pharma development work which I found pretty lacking. […]

A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends and Now There’s a New Book To Take You Back There

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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CW: suicide, sexual assault This book has STRONG Veronica Mars vibes all over. Like, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how it was recommended to me and 100% of the reason I jumped to put it on hold. Pippa Veronica lives in a small town Neptune that was rocked by a brutal murder years before. Magnetic, troubled Andie Bell Lily Kane disappeared, and the police Sheriff Lamb wiped their hands of the entire case after Sal Singh Keith Mars was deemed responsible in the court of public opinion (after he committed suicide and his body […]

Ongoing Education

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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While on the ongoing journey to utilize my hobby for more than just enjoyment (and the resultant increase in empathy), I picked up this book, which has been everywhere. I read it more or less like a novel, in three long stretches, but with many more highlights than I usually employ. I don’t think doing so hampered my comprehension or intake of this book, unlike other non-fiction works that are really more textbook-y (lessons, takeaways) and don’t do that type of reading as well. At […]

Beauty and the Beast, Now with 100% Less Stockholm

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

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I’ll say that this is probably more of a 2.5 book that I am rounding up because I liked it but also kept wincing until near to the end (if not the end), which is not a reaction I want to have with these types of books. I believe this was a Beauty and the Beast retelling I stumbled upon after reading When Beauty Tamed the Beast and deciding that this would be a vein I’d pursue in some more detail. If it weren’t for the fact […]

Go Kel Go Kel Go

Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

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And with this, the final chapter (so far) in Kel’s story, we finally see our stoic fledging come into her own as Protector of the Small. I think this series maintains a tense, 4 star rating throughout, which is pretty impressive when I think of the number of trilogies/multi part books where I apathetically push through some middle bits to get to the Good Stuff. With these books, I found myself usually as intrigued by the middle bits as by the Big Stuff. In some […]

Closer to the end, the books get longer

Squire by Tamora Pierce

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I’ll say that I didn’t like Squire quite as much, even though my issues with it were largely mitigated by the opportunity to be around Raoul of Goldenlake. Similar to the Circle Opens series of books that followed the Circle of Magic books, Squire has us moving away from school and the rhythms of usual life. I suppose that’s why I would be a terrible Knight (although I’d squire the shit out of Sir Myles of Olau). Kel wants to go out and make a […]



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