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“There’s a particular feeling in your body when something goes right after a long time of things going wrong. It feels warm and sweet and loose.”

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

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Lily King is a magician. She takes an unassuming title like Writers and Lovers and crafts something beautiful, messy, and utterly captivating. Her last novel, 2014’s Euphoria, was my favorite read of the last decade- I have to admit that I was initially disappointed when Writers and Lovers was announced after the evocative fever of Euphoria.  A 30-something woman navigates creative struggle, debt, grief, and relationships? All I have to do is shout out of my front door and a line of people that fit the description […]

It’s a sad and beautiful world

No Happy Endings by Nora McInerney

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In this book the author specifically mentions that she internalizes bad reviews and remembers one specific amazon reviewer giving her book three stars but gave an ice scraper five. I hope she won’t take my four stars as an insult, they’re certainly not intended as one. I’ve had It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Okay Too), McInerney’s book about losing her husband, her father, and her pregnancy all in the same year, in my Amazon cart for approximately ever, so of course I’d read the […]

Nonetheless, I still want to be a lighthouse keeper

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

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I read Ahab’s Wife at an impressionable age and it filled me with a deep hatred of whales (unfair to them, I know) and a fierce desire to be a lighthouse keeper. Despite many things keeping me from a serious pursuit of such an endeavor (I keep moving further and further away from the ocean, the aforementioned hatred of whales, my reliance on the internet…) I will always jump at the chance to read something lighthouse adjacent. The Light Between Oceans starts off strong- a quiet and […]

The other side of the camera

Black Movie by Danez Smith

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All I really can say is that, Black Movie by Danez Smith is not an easy read. Which really is an understatement. It needs to be read slowly and without distractions. And a reread could be helpful. This book, no matter how much you like poetry, will not be for everyone. You might empathize but you probably will not be able to relate to many subjects presented. Again; this is not an easy read. The format of the poems can be awkward. There is literally […]

My little pups are waiting for me over the rainbow bridge

The Rainbow Bridge by Adrian Raeside

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So unfortunately I’m reviewing The Rainbow Bridge again!  I reviewed it last year for my Two Heads are Better than One square when I lost my Ernie.  Now I’m doing a repeat for my Two Heads are Better than One square this year because I lost my Oscar. It’s never easy to lose a dog (unless you’re a MONSTER).  I feel like it’s even harder when you have to share your loss with two little girls who don’t know life without him.  Oscar was my […]



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