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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe From Goodreads The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. … Continue reading Mini review: Empire of Pain
Happy Friday! Today is the second instalment of my thirdly reviews, where I'll be giving mini reviews of all the books I read in the last four months! Last week, I did all the books I rated 3 and 3.5 stars, and today are all the 4, 4.5 and 5 stars! Gender Queer by Maia … Continue reading Second third reviews: 4+ stars
Happy Friday, friends! Every four months, I post mini reviews of the books I read in those months. I had quite a few from the past few months, so I decided to split it into two posts: one doing my 3 and 3.5 star reviews, and another doing my 4+ star reviews. Today is the … Continue reading Second third reviews: 3 and 3.5 stars
And I Do Not Forgive You by Amber Sparks From Goodreads Exciting fans of such writers as Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Carmen Maria Machado with prose that shimmers and stings, Amber Sparks holds a singular role in the canon of the weird. Now, she reaches new, uncanny heights with And I Do Not Forgive You. … Continue reading Book review: And I Do Not Forgive You
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams From Goodreads Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York. When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, … Continue reading Mini Review: Seven Days in June
Last Call by Elon Green From Goodreads The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost … Continue reading Mini review: Last Call
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers From Goodreads With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that. This one … Continue reading A needlessly long review of a 3 star book: Honey Girl
Hello, friends! Today I'm doing a bit of a different review for me: I'm going to try to review both these books at the same time. I had almost identical thoughts on both The Gallery of Unfinished Girls and Wink, Poppy, Midnight, so I thought, rather than having near identical reviews, I would just review … Continue reading Dual reviews: The Gallery of Unfinished Girls and Wink, Poppy, Midnight
Hello, friends and book lovers! Happy Friday! I can't believe it's September, and we only have four months of 2021 left. Every four months, I like to do mini reviews of all the books I've read in the recent months. I've reviewed a couple books over the past few months, and have a couple more … Continue reading Second third reviews
Hello everyone, happy Friday! Today, I'm doing some reviews of my recent favourite books. I've been in a bit of a reading slump the past few weeks, and read only three books in July, my worst month of the year. I've also been having bad luck with the books, and have been giving out a … Continue reading Reviews of my recent favourites
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma From Goodreads Born with deaf-blindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was in front of her and enough hearing to know when someone close to her was talking. However, she had difficulty reading facial features or distinguishing people in group … Continue reading Book review: Haben
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox From Goodreads All Amanda Jetté Knox ever wanted was to enjoy a stable life. She never knew her biological father, and while her mother and stepfather were loving parents, the situation was sometimes chaotic. While still a teenager, she met the … Continue reading Book review: Love Lives Here
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