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Rated Illuminae 8/10

Wants to read The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity

Rated Uprooted 10/10

Wants to read La guerra dei buchi neri

Finished reading Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love

Wants to read Arch-Conspirator

Rated Dungeon Crawler Carl 9/10

It was goofy, incredibly ridiculous, and one of the few books that had me literally laughing myself to tears as I read.

As the friend who recommended the book said to me: It reads like a ridiculous TTRPG campaign from a super-twisted GM with raunchy humor.

I love my High Fantasy series like LotR, The Wheel of Time, The Cosmere, etc. But sometimes a good bit of humor fantasy is in order. This hit the spot so much better than I expected it to.

Wants to read The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Wants to read Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery

Wants to read Brave New World

Abandoned A Philosophy of Software Design

Added Privacy's Defender to Read Books

Rated Marlena 8/10

A dark and moody story of the teenage friendship between two young women and the weight that the loss of one friend casts over the rest of the other friend's life. Reminiscent of [b:The Girls|26893819|The Girls|Emma Cline|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492065338s/26893819.jpg|42856015] and [b:Eileen|23453099|Eileen|Ottessa Moshfegh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479545528s/23453099.jpg|43014905] in tone and structure; like those books, this one is presented as retrospective, and like them it concerns drugs, violence, depression, the families we're stuck with and the families we create, and the incredible intensity of the attachments young women make with one another. Mild spoiler: it sets up as though there's a ~twist~, a mystery or puzzle that gets solved, but really doesn't play out that way (not a bad thing, just don't expect [b:Gone Girl|19288043|Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1397056917s/19288043.jpg|13306276] or whatever).

Reading Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Wants to read Slow Horses

Rated Swing Time 8/10

There's so much going on in this story it's hard to do it all justice - it starts with the treacherously close friendship of two biracial girls growing up in London and spirals out into the wider world, taking in Parliament, the Gambia, and pop stardom even as the memory of their friendship has a gravitational pull over the whole story. Really well-done in terms of rich characters, pacing, emotional depth, political insight and vivid detail; there's maybe 10% too much plot but it still all hangs together well. Highly recommend!

Wants to read Yearbook

Rated Dune 8/10

Rated Time Shelter 8/10

Rated Canto yo y la montaña baila 10/10

Rated Normal People 8/10

Rated Los nombres propios 8/10

Finished reading Het Dossier

Rated Sed 8/10