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1. All Systems Red, Unwell Women, and Jane Eyre
2. A Cure for Suicide by Jesse Ball
3. Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

#weekendreads

#Bookmail today! I‘ve been wanting this book since I read it two years ago. Finally caved and bought it. 😁

#3books I read based solely on their covers

I don‘t think I‘ve actually read a book solely because of the cover art before, but I definitely have read books because both the cover and the title caught my eye. That‘s what happened with these three, and they all turned out to be excellent books.

This is a strange, but moving book. Dystopian, but not without some hope. Glimmers of Orwell or Ray Bradbury with a dash of the new weird of Jeff Vandermeer.

A future where they can take the emotional pain away completely, but at what cost?

Total books read: 6
Ebooks: 4
Physical books: 2
Borrowed: 4
#booked2018 prompts completed:
2

Average rating: 3.08 stars

#SeptemberStats #SeptemberWrapUp

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Honestly, I picked this book up mostly for the title, and I‘m pleased to say that it did not disappoint. The form was rather unusual and it‘s pretty dialogue heavy, but I thought that worked really well, for the most part. The first half was great in both story and form. The second half got a little boring, but overall, I really enjoyed this.

#catsoflitsy #Phoenix #Ember

"Forgetting is the precious balm that helps us to travel on, past the depredations of memory."

Loving this book so far!

If you like weird, dialogue-heavy books with sparse prose, you will probably like this book. A man awakens with no memories in a place called the "Gentlest Village" and a woman, The Examiner, teaches him how to re-learn about himself and the world. I wouldn't want to reveal any more than that. I enjoyed this strange read and slowly figuring out what was going on. 4⭐️

I tend to do this thing where I start a bunch of books at the same time and make realllllly slow progress on all of them until I suddenly get my act together and finish them in quick succession. Does anyone else do this? These are only 3 of my current reads; I have an audiobook and an ebook going too. I'm not yet halfway done with any of them yet 😂 and all I can think about is starting another book!

So far, I'm not even sure what genre this book is--its weirdness and dialogue-heavy structure reminds me a bit of Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (which I loved). A man referred to as the "claimant" awakens in a village to be re-introduced to the world by a woman referred to as the "examiner." He has no memories and we don't know why or what's happening, only that he almost died prior to the book's start. I'm intrigued.

The ending of this book left me baffled yet mesmerized with Jesse Ball's writing style. Sometimes it was the easiest thing to breeze through; towards the end it hurt my eyes to focus and read. This novel baffled and enchanted me. It was so interesting and compelling but all I can say that it is a book. Weird way to start my spring break.

Fascinating, thought-provoking, deliberate. Love being dropped into a different world when you feel you can immediately trust the author.

Fascinating, thought-provoking, deliberate. Love being dropped into a different world when you feel you can immediately trust the author.

Multitasking. Love the stories the Olympics tell. Reading during commercials.

Latest book pile! Speak by Louisa Hall, The Selected Works of TS Spivet by Reif Larsen (signed! He came last night), The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon, Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson (thanks @Liberty ), and the tagged book

My cure for suicide. 🐱

This is one of the most intellectually stimulating novels I‘ve read in a long time. It feels like an homage to Ray Bradbury and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Anthem in some ways, or like a drawn out episode of Black Mirror.