The books I loved and loathed from April through June, a work in progress
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Daily advice from the creator of Hamilton.
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You|
This was hilarious! I loved it.
How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
Poet X had been sitting on my tbr for forever. It is a triumph of lyrical story telling.
The Poet X
Ace-spectrum representation in the romance genre, yes please!
Love and Other Conspiracies
Short and poignant.
Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
A short look at a truly dark point of American history.
Kent State
A well written memoir about a harrowing experience.
My Next Breath: A Memoir
I really need to check out this podcast now.
Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
This man had so much courage and determination
Patriot: A Memoir
This was probably the best book in the entire series.
Sunrise on the Reaping
Great
A fantasy set in Finish mythology? OMG, yes! I love learning about new myths. This was a great story of the power of friendship and love.
North Is the Night (Deluxe Special Edition)
I never read these as a kid, but I'm enjoying discovering them as an adult.
The Escape (Animorphs Series #15)
A lovely collection of poetry.
The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal
A group of short stories that have the sweetest pay off at the end.
The Full Moon Coffee Shop: A Novel
A great story about friendship, resilience, and of course sexy vampires.
Fang Fiction: A Novel
I am a sucker for Nora Roberts fantasy romances.
Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven, #1)
This has just the right levels of odd and introspection
Concerning the Future of Souls
A genre bending sci-fi thriller that asks how far you would go for The One.
The One
I loved this sneak peak into the life of women in America's past.
The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel by Marie Bostwick, Paperback
Okay
Andrew Shaffer's cozy mysteries staring political figures are a curiosity to me.
Feel the Bern: A Bernie Sanders Mystery
I like reading these commencement speeches. I think adults needed to be reminded to dream too.
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
A story of new beginnings
The Turtle of Michigan: A Novel
The ending was just meh, it was built up as some big reveal but it wasn't.
Cursed
A heartbreaking real version of Romeo and Juliette
Ronit & Jamil
Meh
I love dark academia, but I just couldn't connect with the characters.
An Academy for Liars
I really didn't like the MC and the romance seemed rather nonexistent to mean so much to the plot.
First Lie Wins
This was very dry compared to a lot of the true crime books out there and dealt mostly with the trial proceedings.
KILLING WOMEN: True Story of Don Miller
The idea has been done better, and none of the characters were particularly memorable.
The Ladies of the Secret Circus
So many people in this book were just the worst.
The Ride of Her Life: A Novel
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Maybe there was something profound here about how we create our own problems...but I didn't see that. All I saw was a plot that had to rely on bafflingly stupid decisions by protagonists.
