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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Book Review
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the kind of book that tells you everything that you need to know about the titular character. Eleanor is completely fine. How's work? Fine. How's life? Fine. Should life be more than fine? Well, that's the book, isn't it? Eleanor...
Stay Gold – Book Review
Spoilers ahead Content Warning: Assault, violence, dysphoria, transphobia, homophobia, deadnaming, bullying, cheating, use of slurs, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, public outing. Stay Gold follows Pony, a senior finishing his high school experience at a new high school...
Piranesi – Book Review
Spoilers ahead "Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: Its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded...
Demon Copperhead
Spoilers ahead I don't often delve into the world of book reviews, but when something leaves me in a heightened state of emotion, I find the best resolution for myself is to blog about it. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of the titular character,...
Book Review – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary begins with an amnesiac astronaut waking up in a room with two mummified bodies, and needs to remember who he is and what he's doing. Turns out, he's on a space station hurtling through space. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that the hero,...
Emotional Weekend Part 2 – Beartown
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Violence Spoilers for the book ahead. You have been warned. I've always identified as 'a reader'. Reading books is a core part of my identity. From the Scholastic book fairs as a child to wandering through giant book stores as an adult, I've...
Emotional Weekend Part 1 – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
I'm keenly aware that this is a board game review blog, and that I'm ill-equipped to offer a proper review on something so outside my wheelhouse, but sometimes you need to step outside your comfort zone. This weekend, I engaged with art that left me emotionally raw,...
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