This is super fun and a great feminist fairytale retelling. And fantastic cover.

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Pub date is 6/17/25
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This felt like 2 separate books and it maybe should have been a series. This is very long. Finished this on the DC Metro because who doesn't carry a kindle everywhere?

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I loved this. Set in France when the pope was in Avignon, during a plague, a young woman tries to increase her medical knowledge while also not being turned into a scapegoat. Highly recommend.

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Found a portrait of this icon. ❤🌈

Meh. This one made me wonder why I read 3 of these.

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This ended up in my carryon somehow. Hate when that happens. 😂 tagged is last year's.

Unpopular opinion time. This is very popular among a certain crowd. And it's fine. But it would be better imo if the author stuck to the hunger games style contest and focused less on the gooey love garbage. Boring! I have 0 plans to continue this series.

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This is very cute. It has all of the good YA fantasy things. Adventure, intrigue, romance, and a mystery. And a pretty cover.

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Pub date is 2/11/25
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So cute. But that's all you're getting. 🤐

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This one made my head explode. The author combines the tragedy of fleeing Vietnam during the war with refugee camps and turns to internment camps and does a great job of depicting what it's like to basically lose 3 years of your life to something you have no control over. 5 out of 5 stars. Definitely recommend.

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Pub date is 4/8/25
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This was a bit chaotic and unfocused but it may have been a result of the audiobook. Or I may have been in a mood.

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Someone told me to read the Discworld books but definitely not to start with Book 1. And I read nearly every single one of the other 40ish books and just read this one right now. And in a way I'm glad I didn't read it first because it's not my favorite but I do wish I still had some of the better ones left to read. 😔 I may just need to reread ones I already know are my favs.

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This author is amazing. I loved this. I am so glad she won the Nobel prize this year.

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US pub date is 1/21/25
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This drew me into the characters. I don't know that it would have been a top choice but it was on a friend's tbr so I gave it a whirl. Between this and Piglet, I appreciate that we like different things 😂

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This guy's books are always funny and his characters are sort of a mess. Like real people. I mostly admire the translator tbh.

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I didn't love this. There's a lot of body shaming and eating disorders. It was kind of cringe. But maybe not in the way the author intended. It gave me anxiety. I don't normally stop an audiobook and walk away willingly. Surprised I made it to the end, actually.

A family of 3 siblings have drifted in different directions but they are leading oddly similar lives. And it all centers around robots and AI.

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Pub date is 3/11/25
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This is French Revolution + vampires. It's the second book in the series and it has Mont Saint Michel on the cover so how could I not read it?

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This is really well written. Somehow the author pulls 9/11 and the pandemic into a mystery of sorts centered around economically privileged people who seem ridiculous at times but not comically. It's good. Definitely recommend.

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I loved this. Historical fiction set in the 1980s on Fire Island amid the AIDS pandemic with some magical realism thrown in.

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Pub date is 5/6/25
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Meh. These are entertaining. This series inspired me not to request ARCs that are part of a series. This is 9 and I have an ARC of 18 somewhere in my secret book closet.

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I was apparently having a big mood when I stuck the title on this 😂

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This is lovely. I definitely recommend it. By the author of Iona Iverson, this is just as fun. I love all of her characters.

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This is pretty spooky horror. The mother is in a coma of sorts but she moves around when no one is paying attention. The narrator acts like a petulant child at times. I started questioning if they were all ghosts. Amazing.

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I think this goes back to being as good as her earlier books. Definitely recommend.

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This is a nice and twisty mystery/thriller. Definitely recommend.

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Pub date is 1/14/25
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This was just meh. But it might be ok if you're a new manager and didn't already read dozens of these. Julie is a Facebook veteran and does talk about some of her more senior coworkers but overall 🤷

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This was somewhat entertaining. I don't think it holds up against the other booker shortlist books but I didn't correctly pick the winner so what do I know?

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I absolutely loved this. A middle aged woman loses the plot and starts a campaign to ban books that she thinks are bad for young people to read (she's bored and needs attention) and the town retaliates in rather spectacular ways. I wish my book club had picked this one but oh well. I also loved The Change so read that too.

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This was really good and it sucked me right in. It has a lot of cultural references to numerology and other superstitions from Chinese culture. Set in Malaysia during UK colonial rule. I feel inspired to read her latest book.

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I normally love murder mysteries set in Iceland. But this is just a normal mystery by an American (totally assuming this) that happens to be set in Iceland. And I clocked the killer way early. It was entertaining as far as standard mysteries go. Just don't expect it to be anything more than that.

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Pub date is 1/14/25
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I'll read anything with a rabbit on the cover. Go ahead and judge me. Bunnies are awesome and I will defend this opinion. This book is also quite great. Very big brother meets Fahrenheit 451.

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I like dystopian fiction. Like please give me all of it right now. This one has an interesting concept. Basically all of the white people have drowned themselves in a mass event. The ones left behind are a mix of joyful and lost. It reminded me weirdly of Underground Airlines.

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This is cute. I mean there's serial killers and stuff. But it's pretty fluffy regardless.

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I love this author. This is from the backlist.

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I love dystopian fiction. I like them weird and pretty dark. Bonus points if they're translations from unknown authors. I definitely recommend this if those things sound good to you. I definitely finished this while at a bar drinking water because I no longer give any fucks apparently.

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I didn't love this. Murakami might not be for me.

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US pub date is 11/19/24
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This book looks like it's fluffy based on the cover but it's about internet privacy for minors. A teen wants to stop her mother from sharing her life and that of her siblings on the internet but it's basically the family's only income source.

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This is basically a love story set against the end of a divided Germany. I think it was well written. But tbh it took me forever to get into this and it might be my only Erpenbeck for the time being.

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I would read another one of these. For sure.

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I loved this quite a lot. Black Cake was better but that was going to be hard to outdo.

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Pub date is 1/25/25
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Currently hiding from the rain. Got a book. Found a quiet porch. NBD

I loved this. Thoroughly entertaining.

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French take on the patriarchy and how we got here. It's interesting.

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Just chilling by the pool at a spa in TX. On a Friday.

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Wrote this on an airplane this morning. We'll see how it goes.

This is very amusing. I have every intention of reading the next book. It's like the main character is stuck in WoW or some other fantasy RPG. I love that.

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This is interesting but I have no idea how it made the Booker shortlist. It all happens in a day on the ISS as they circle the Earth. It's about the environment and the absurdity of politics and maybe a bit about humanity in general.

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I didn't love this. But it seems like it might be good for teens.

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This author is very funny. And sometimes gross. But she gives me perspective like at least I have some of my shit figured out.

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#ARC #Netgalley this one is from 2018. Don't judge. I will clean up some of my mess. #Goals