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La casa de los espiritus
by Isabel Ayende
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Absolutely fantastic read about multiple generations in a family in Chile.
The Boy from the Sea
by Garrett Carr
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A nice enough story, not much happening.
We Fell Apart
by E. Lockhart
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Girl with daddy issues. I found the story to be lacking in many ways and stretched for reality at times. I did enjoy the connection to the Sinclair's, but it could have been developed better.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
by Bill Martin
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Ms. Becky, my teacher, read me the book.
enough already - learning to love the way I am
by Valerie Bertinelli
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Great book. insight into her life
The Five Star Weekend
by Elin Hilderbrand
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Great story about the friends through each phase of life!
Milk Fed
by Melissa Broder
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I decided to read this book after seeing it on bookstagram, and I'm so glad I decided to pick this up! This was an interesting read, it explores so many big and important topics and issues in such an interesting and engaging way. Through the idea of food 'Milk Fed' explores how the ideas put in our heads about body image at a young age effect how we live our lives as adults, it shows how something as simple seeming as eating and hugely HUNGER can play such a huge role in how we exist and experience things each day. It also explores the idea of what a "mother" is and what that figure looks like, and how she is perceived and is supposed to act and be to a child and an adult. Another big theme that comes out in this book is religion and its role in sexuality. It talks about how your upbringing can affect your view of your sexuality and force you to behave a certain way while also not changing who you are. Ultimately it shows the brutal reality of how religion and sexuality often clash and can lead to painful relationships with the people you care about and how messed up family dynamics can be. This book also explores the workplace and how as people we tend to "preform" a certain way with different groups of people, especially for people we see as higher up than ourselves, along with how this effects the way we see ourself. I read this book over the course of two days, it was a fast and addictive read that had me dying to know where the story was going to go. I loved the characters (and hated a few), especially that we could hear the inner thoughts and voice of the MC, it made the story so interesting. I loved this book and can't recommend it enough!
The Secret Language of Work
by Erin McGoff
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Lots of practical advice for academics moving into the corporate culture.
Flight behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Not by favorite of her novels. It felt like it dragged on but I think that was the intent -o make you feel stuck much like the protagonist.
The Three Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
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Three/fourths of the book are impossibly and intentionally convoluted and incomprehensible. Not enjoyable reading. The only remote sense of enjoyment and clarity that came from the satisfaction of pushing ahead and through to the last few chapters and to some kind of conclusion. I don’t understand how this is anyone’s top 5 sci-fi recommendation. The positive is that the science is very good and the ideas are very original. There are no tropes here. No handholds for the well-practiced and experienced reader. In that way, it was enjoyable in its newness. There’s also the lack of familiarity in regard to the voice and authorship from the Chinese POV. Historically educational and stretching in that way. Difficult reading, but not uninteresting.
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