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I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Narrated by Emma Galvin (couldn’t find her socials) and Brittany Pressley @britpressley
This one very innocent. If Some Girls Do was aimed to 16/17 y/o, then I feel like this was aimed for a younger audience, maybe 13-15. The narration doesn't take itself too seriously and it was just full of cutesy feel good moments. I personally did not mind this, even if a little cringe at times! My biggest problem with it was that the secondary plot line conflict was not really resolved and it felt unfinished.
This one very innocent. If Some Girls Do was aimed to 16/17 y/o, then I feel like this was aimed for a younger audience, maybe 13-15. The narration doesn't take itself too seriously and it was just full of cutesy feel good moments. I personally did not mind this, even if a little cringe at times! My biggest problem with it was that the secondary plot line conflict was not really resolved and it felt unfinished.
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Narrated by Nora Hunter (couldn’t find her socials) and Bailey Carr @baileycarrvoice
I love me a multicast narration, and these ladies killed it! One of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to lately.
This book was all over the place, in the best way! The characters are extremely messy and realistic. I specially loved Ruby and her struggle confronting her mom and her sexuality. The way her love for engineering and cars is juxtaposed to the pressure her mom puts on her to be a pageant queen is heartbreaking. This book has one of the best representations of emotionally abusive parenting that I have ever seen. I can not recommend it enough.
I love me a multicast narration, and these ladies killed it! One of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to lately.
This book was all over the place, in the best way! The characters are extremely messy and realistic. I specially loved Ruby and her struggle confronting her mom and her sexuality. The way her love for engineering and cars is juxtaposed to the pressure her mom puts on her to be a pageant queen is heartbreaking. This book has one of the best representations of emotionally abusive parenting that I have ever seen. I can not recommend it enough.
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
✨ PRIDE & PREJUDICE ✨
I have always been a JA girlie so my opinions are going to be extremely biased. Ater reading this book several times, I still think it’s one of the cutest most funny reads ever. I've always been obsessed with Jane and Bingley. To this day I aspire to be a little bit more like Jane Bennett whenever I can.
My fav theme of her works is that we get to see the men fall first and pinning while the women grow!! The female characters in a Jane Austen novel always have moments of self improvement ❤️
I think it’s adorable how hard Darcy tries… and yet he manages to do or say the wrong thing every.single.time he interacts with Lizzie 👀
We get a peek of what life used to be at the time through witty social commentary and sarcastic narration and I can't help but giggling anytime I read these parts. Long story short, thank you Jane for giving us the OG enemies to lovers and the OG sunshine x sunshine… all in the same book!
I have always been a JA girlie so my opinions are going to be extremely biased. Ater reading this book several times, I still think it’s one of the cutest most funny reads ever. I've always been obsessed with Jane and Bingley. To this day I aspire to be a little bit more like Jane Bennett whenever I can.
My fav theme of her works is that we get to see the men fall first and pinning while the women grow!! The female characters in a Jane Austen novel always have moments of self improvement ❤️
I think it’s adorable how hard Darcy tries… and yet he manages to do or say the wrong thing every.single.time he interacts with Lizzie 👀
We get a peek of what life used to be at the time through witty social commentary and sarcastic narration and I can't help but giggling anytime I read these parts. Long story short, thank you Jane for giving us the OG enemies to lovers and the OG sunshine x sunshine… all in the same book!
Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen
dark
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
✨LADY SUSAN✨
This epistolary novel follows a widow of doubtful morality who's looking to get her and her daughter married off. This was so different from her other novels, I was surprised it was written by the same person at all!
I think she might have decided against publication because a book like this would have served as a backing argument against independent women, which is something she was herself as a “spinster".
✨THE WATSONS ✨
I am so bummed that his book is not finished!! I can see a bit of Persuasion’s storyline on Elizabeth’s character and I can tell that Emma Watson was a prior version of Emma Woodhouse. Google tells me that she was working on this book when her dad passed, so it was probably too painful for her to revisit 😢
✨SANDITON✨
Written during the last months of her life, this is her most satirical work for sure. She spends a lot of time analyzing hypochondria and how overexaggerated people could be at times. Probably because Jane was dying while writing this, she focuses a lot more on the aspects of health and society’s opinions on diseases and remedies… leaving the rest of the story undeveloped.
This epistolary novel follows a widow of doubtful morality who's looking to get her and her daughter married off. This was so different from her other novels, I was surprised it was written by the same person at all!
I think she might have decided against publication because a book like this would have served as a backing argument against independent women, which is something she was herself as a “spinster".
✨THE WATSONS ✨
I am so bummed that his book is not finished!! I can see a bit of Persuasion’s storyline on Elizabeth’s character and I can tell that Emma Watson was a prior version of Emma Woodhouse. Google tells me that she was working on this book when her dad passed, so it was probably too painful for her to revisit 😢
✨SANDITON✨
Written during the last months of her life, this is her most satirical work for sure. She spends a lot of time analyzing hypochondria and how overexaggerated people could be at times. Probably because Jane was dying while writing this, she focuses a lot more on the aspects of health and society’s opinions on diseases and remedies… leaving the rest of the story undeveloped.
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
✨ What a way to start Women’s History Month! ✨
I read this in early March and I definitely blame it for my delayed posting schedule. Even though I kept reading other books after, I had to let my thoughts regarding this story shimmer for a bit.
TG - The book isn't exactly focused on violence, but it def doesn't shy away or tone down any situations the author witnessed or heard about. There are references to torture, dismemberment, rape and murder.
This was a such a bittersweet and and eye opening read. The story starts in 1979, when Marjane Satrapi was ten years old. To be honest this is the first novel I’ve read from the pov of someone who grew up at the heart of the Islamic Revolution. And somehow, even though the tone of the book is very somber and sad, because we are following a little girl growing up, the narrative has its moments of humor.
If you like "coming of age" stories, this is for you. But be warned that it won't always make you feel good. The way Satrapi's anger is depicted (through the growing constraints of the society she lives in) gives a very intimate glimpse of what life would be like if one were stripped of many basic rights. Especially when she was a teenager. That was the hardest part to get through for me.
Overall, this book made me reflect on how privileged my life has been just by not having to deal with war in any capacity. I think it’s easier to read or hear your grandparents talk about WWI, or WWII because it happened long ago enough that it feels far away from us. But when you start thinking about more recent wars like the one depicted in this book, or the Ukrainian-Russian war going on right now… you realize how awful life can really be and how lucky you are to be at home, safe, with the people you love.
As this book is an autobiography, I will skip both my usual “lessons learned” and “notes” parts, as everyone should draw their own conclusions from this work. I also won’t be rating it, because imo it feels wrong… like I’m grading someone’s experiences by validating or invalidating them. Regardless of how I feel about the author and their opinions, it’s not my place to do so. But I will say this. READ THIS BOOK.
I read this in early March and I definitely blame it for my delayed posting schedule. Even though I kept reading other books after, I had to let my thoughts regarding this story shimmer for a bit.
TG - The book isn't exactly focused on violence, but it def doesn't shy away or tone down any situations the author witnessed or heard about. There are references to torture, dismemberment, rape and murder.
This was a such a bittersweet and and eye opening read. The story starts in 1979, when Marjane Satrapi was ten years old. To be honest this is the first novel I’ve read from the pov of someone who grew up at the heart of the Islamic Revolution. And somehow, even though the tone of the book is very somber and sad, because we are following a little girl growing up, the narrative has its moments of humor.
If you like "coming of age" stories, this is for you. But be warned that it won't always make you feel good. The way Satrapi's anger is depicted (through the growing constraints of the society she lives in) gives a very intimate glimpse of what life would be like if one were stripped of many basic rights. Especially when she was a teenager. That was the hardest part to get through for me.
Overall, this book made me reflect on how privileged my life has been just by not having to deal with war in any capacity. I think it’s easier to read or hear your grandparents talk about WWI, or WWII because it happened long ago enough that it feels far away from us. But when you start thinking about more recent wars like the one depicted in this book, or the Ukrainian-Russian war going on right now… you realize how awful life can really be and how lucky you are to be at home, safe, with the people you love.
As this book is an autobiography, I will skip both my usual “lessons learned” and “notes” parts, as everyone should draw their own conclusions from this work. I also won’t be rating it, because imo it feels wrong… like I’m grading someone’s experiences by validating or invalidating them. Regardless of how I feel about the author and their opinions, it’s not my place to do so. But I will say this. READ THIS BOOK.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War
Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
My favorite read of the month!
A very strange and perturbing book. It was really well written and I could not put it down or stop reading (not even for annotating) From the very first page I was like "hold on whaaaaat?" And it stayed like that for the rest of the novel! I finished it in a couple of hours.
However, the author is very descriptive and doesn't shy away from showing you anything. Because the book is about cannibalism, sometimes I had to even skip certain parts. Be aware and check the other trigger warnings before picking this one up!
After reading the book I watched the movie and they are so very different. The book was way better in my opinion 👀 shocker.
I won Bones and All in a @goodreads giveaway! Thank you sm @wednesdaybooks 😘
A very strange and perturbing book. It was really well written and I could not put it down or stop reading (not even for annotating) From the very first page I was like "hold on whaaaaat?" And it stayed like that for the rest of the novel! I finished it in a couple of hours.
However, the author is very descriptive and doesn't shy away from showing you anything. Because the book is about cannibalism, sometimes I had to even skip certain parts. Be aware and check the other trigger warnings before picking this one up!
After reading the book I watched the movie and they are so very different. The book was way better in my opinion 👀 shocker.
I won Bones and All in a @goodreads giveaway! Thank you sm @wednesdaybooks 😘
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Cannibalism
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Medical trauma
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Have you ever seen that British TV show “Ghosts”. That’s what I was expecting this book to be like. Turned out to be an underwhelming version of the same concept.
Basically, we find ourselves in different rooms of a house whose owner just passed. His kids and ex-wife come back to clean up and sell the house to the dismay of the ghosts who live in it. The rooms serve as a memory trigger as we learn what happened to all these characters when they were the ones inhabiting them.
I’m not sure how to explain why I did not enjoy this book. It felt like the author did not like her own characters. They all came across as gnarly and spend their time bickering constantly. There’s nothing to look forward to in the plot and I didn't really care about what happened to anyone because you don’t spend enough time with them. Even finding out the backstory of the ghosts was kind of boring. Probably won’t be picking up any other Lauren Oliver books anytime soon.
Basically, we find ourselves in different rooms of a house whose owner just passed. His kids and ex-wife come back to clean up and sell the house to the dismay of the ghosts who live in it. The rooms serve as a memory trigger as we learn what happened to all these characters when they were the ones inhabiting them.
I’m not sure how to explain why I did not enjoy this book. It felt like the author did not like her own characters. They all came across as gnarly and spend their time bickering constantly. There’s nothing to look forward to in the plot and I didn't really care about what happened to anyone because you don’t spend enough time with them. Even finding out the backstory of the ghosts was kind of boring. Probably won’t be picking up any other Lauren Oliver books anytime soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
✨𝔹𝕆𝕆𝕂 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎✨
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
✨𝔹𝕆𝕆𝕂 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎✨
This was my first Sally Rooney read. I think I should have started with Normal People because I loved the TV Show adaptation 👀 however... I am so conflicted about this book.
I really liked the first half of it and I was very much looking forward to the character development phase... which never arrived 😅
Sally Rooney's writing was definitely really good but imo it was lacking some humor. The characters were so serious and pretentious ALL THE TIME, it was hard for me to sympathize or care about what happened to them. One of the characters has depression and (as someone diagnosed) I could not relate to the way it was depicted here.
The story also had some continuity issues specially regarding France's economic situation 👀
Overall it was a good book, but it depicts a society I am not part of and even though some of the topics reached in the narrative were interesting, I will not be revisiting the story.
𝕃𝔼𝕊𝕊𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝕃𝔼𝔸ℝℕ𝔼𝔻 (I mean...I learned them but I'm not sure the characters did 😂)
• cheating on your partner is not a very healthy way to spice up your marriage 👀 if you want to explore an open relationship your significant other definitely needs to be part of the conversation
• if you're broke and you find yourself in a situation where you have to prioritize a vacation trip to France or a non insured medical visit for an unexplained chronic pain...choose the doctor's visit 🤦♀️ health is the most important thing!
• A mental illness does not exempt you from taking responsibility for your actions. I have been diagnosed with both anxiety and depression and I'm still kind to others.
𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤
✏️ This book should have been called "Conversations with lovers" wtf
✏️ Frances nooo! That was not a very smart decision 😅
✏️ Frances nooo! That was not a very smart decision 😅
✏️ Frances nooo! That was not... x infinity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, and Self harm
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Abortion