The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid My rating: 5 of 5 stars “People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response …
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Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading - or listening - to this book, I realized it's my least favourite out of the three BUT I still loved it because we revisited some beloved diverse characters with distinct personalities and it was great to meet some new …
You by Charles Benoit My rating: 2 of 5 stars Somewhere near 2.5 stars I was excited because of the 2nd person POV (as someone who wrote a short story in the 2nd person and thinks it's super fascinating) but outside of that I really don't know what to think. It was interesting when I …
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I absolutely loved the fantastical elements and how it was weaveed through this amazing tale that focuses on grief and tells a beautiful story about human nature and how lending a helping hand can go a long …
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Girlcott by Florenz Webbe Maxwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Set in 1959 Bermuda, Girlcott is a coming of age story about a 15-(soon-to-be 16) year old whose life is going pretty well. She's about to receive a scholarship with the hopes of going to college to become an actuary and she's planning the …
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann My rating: 3 of 5 stars I feel very *neutral* about this book. It was pretty entertaining, to be honest and there are a lot of great elements that makes it a story worthy of reading at least once I loved that the MC was a POC and …
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hearing so many good things about “Autoboyography” made me pick up this book and every bit of praise was well-deserved There's so much in this book that I loved and I think it'd be easier to just list them all. Sooo... 1. The characters! - …
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Tomb of the Unknown Racist: A Novel by Blanche McCrary Boyd My rating: 3 of 5 stars In the Tomb of the Unknown Racist, we follow Ellen Burns throughout a sort of quest to find help her niece (Ruby) when her two children are missing. It is partly a detective story to find out the …
