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Overall, this book didn‘t live up to my expectations but I was able to enjoy some parts of it.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/review-loathe-at-first-sight/

This was my first book by Fredrik Backman and I was not disappointed. I didn‘t have any expectations going in and this book ended up taking me for a ride. There were a lot of twists and turns that I did not see coming. I didn‘t know that this book was a little bit of a mystery so I ended up being pleasantly surprised.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/09/13/review-anxious-people/

So first off I just want to say that it is incredibly refreshing to read a book about mythology that isn‘t Greek. I know very little about African/African American mythology so it was fun to learn about it through reading this book.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/07/24/review-tristan-strong-punches-a-h...

Wow. What a crazy ride! This book really took me on an adventure through the lives of the rich.

This is a summer mystery novel that kept me guessing until the very end. All throughout the novel you know something is up, but it won‘t all be revealed until the end. The way it all came about was very smart and clever.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/review-the-lions-den/

This was such a fun YA book!

I absolutely loved the premise. The time loop aspect was so interesting. I liked how you saw the consequences to Jack‘s actions throughout every go around.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/review-opposite-of-always/

I was really intrigued by this book because it centers on 9/11. I was only 6 years old when it happened so I never truly felt the magnitude of it.

This book did an amazing job detailing how 9/11 rocked everyone‘s world.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/review-the-places-we-sleep/

The book is divided into 5 sections each with its own theme. My favorite was Monsoon Love, which was the shortest section but it was filled with love poems. I have a thing for romantic poems. I am such a sucker for them. A lot of poems from this section reminded me of Michael Faudet and Lang Leav‘s poetry.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/review-walk-with-wings/

This was an interesting collection of personal essays. As with many essay collections, I liked some of them, but didn‘t like others.

This book is a pretty typical account of a millennial woman in New York City so there wasn‘t anything ground breaking or new about it. That being said I did relate to the author quite a few times.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/review-good-things-happen-to-peop...

This novel in verse goes through Marilyn‘s entire life, starting from when she was a kid to a few weeks before her death. All aspects of her life are explored, painting a stunning portrait of this complicated woman.

As for the poems themselves, some of them were amazing but some fell a little flat. A novel in verse is harder to write, so that is forgivable.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/review-beauty-mark/

I‘ve never read a collection by a performance poet before, so it took a little getting used to at first. But once I got the hang of it, I loved it! Just reading the poems on paper doesn‘t do it justice. I actually ended up watching some of her performances on YouTube, including a few of the poems from this book. She really is a talent!

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/review-somebody-give-this-heart-a...