book recommendations
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Book Diaries: My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix (2017)
Picked this up on a whim at the library and couldn’t put it down! I read My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix in just a couple of sittings because I was instantly hooked by the style and I HAD to know what happened! Some combination of the 80s setting and the teenaged main characters… Continue reading
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A Loveletter to my Reading-whatever-tf-i-want era
(Or, why I’m not being a book snob anymore.) True life: I used to be a pick-me reader. This is a common occurrence amongst AP classes and English majors. Somewhere along the way, the kids seen as gifted because they devour books they adore stop picking up books they enjoy in favor of what they… Continue reading
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Book Diaries: The Awakening, by Kate Chopin (1899)
I’m gonna keep this one simple–Have you read this? Was it in for a class in college? Read it again. Continue reading
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Book Diaries: Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder (2021)
Care warnings: eating disorder, self-harm, and homophobia. I swear, I didn’t set out to read another horny and vaguely-incest book right after Hysteria. We blame the algorithm of Scribd being like, you liked Daddy Kink, but have you tried Mommy? (Sorry.) Either way, I’m glad they did! Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder, is essentially a diary… Continue reading
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Why I think House of Earth and Blood,by Sarah J. Maas, should have been two books
I finally read “House of Blood and Earth,” by Sarah J. Maas. For those of you who don’t know, HOEAB is the first of Maas’ Crescent City Series, interspersed in the cultural phenomenon that is the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. (At least, it feels like a phenomenon. The thing about the TikTok… Continue reading
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Book Diaries: HYSTERIA, by Jessica Gross (2020)
This is a book I would call “not for everyone.” It’s not a fun, satisfying plot. It’s not sexy as in, hot. It’s more like, do you ever feel so much shame about sleeping with your dad’s colleague at their psychiatrist dinner party and consequently self-sabotage so hard that you give a blowjob to a… Continue reading
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If you like Sally Rooney, you might like…
…these modern, sharp narratives. Each has that self-deprecating voice and hyper-analytical main heroine that we’ve grown to love, but each does so in a uniquely lovable way. This is list is shoppable on my Bookshop link! Bookshop gives you the ease of online shopping while still helping you support local bookstores. (Contains affiliate links) GROWN… Continue reading
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16 Books I read in my MFA—Year 2
Literally just a list of books I read in my MFA program this year, with links to IndieBound! Continue reading
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