Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
I listened to this as an audiobook, so my review will reflect the particular version narrated by Robin Miles. I can see now why Miles seems to have a following in the audiobook world; Ijeoma...
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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
Knowing that this book wouldn’t be featuring Oseman’s Solitaire cast of characters, I was a little nervous going into it. Would I like these characters just as much? Would the story, one that felt almost...
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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
There are certain things one comes to expect from a Backman novel, and Anxious People has all of them and more. The writing style, the characters, the plot that all comes together in the end...
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
I have always found the cover of this book incredibly striking, and I think that’s what lured me into reading this. Patchett’s descriptions as always are perfect yet not too sharp, and her family stories...
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How to Be a Difficult Bitch: Claim Your Power, Ditch the Haters, and Feel Good Doing It
Like others who have reviewed this book, I found myself often wondering where this had been when I was a teenager – or even a younger adult. The illustrations definitely would have appealed to my...
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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
As one of thousands of seventh-grade Texas history alums in the mid-2000s, reading this book was a whirlwind of emotions for me. I was immediately taken back to the classroom with my middle school history...
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The Lobotomist’s Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff
I was so excited to read this book, as lobotomies and the history behind them has always been morbidly fascinating to me. Unfortunately, I found that the execution of this story didn’t live up to...
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The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
This book is a wonderfully charming middle grade historical fiction. Ellis Earl, our protagonist, is the right mixture of bright yet fallible, giving yet selfish at times – evading the perfect protagonist trope that is...
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Ishiguro is hit or miss for me, so I was a little skeptical going into this one as to whether or not it’d be one of the ones I’d enjoy – ultimately, my sister made...
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Small Island by Andrea Levy
This was a difficult read for me, primarily because of Levy’s handling of racism in Britain. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s important to look at the past, as ugly as it...
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