veronica mauldin
My best friend recommended this book to me. I love a fast and concise horror story because it reminds me of poetry. Using few words but conjuring up huge feelings like anticipation, disgust and fear. If you're in a reading slump, this helped revive me. Cats, chronic pain, and feminism.
I randomly bought this book when I was flying to Italy and was pleasantly surprised. It was full of family drama and gentle foreshadowing. This is a great vacation or traveling read, not too heavy, but full of jaw-dropping drama to keep you pulled in.
I got this as a free audiobook and while I liked the premise of the story, it didn't capture my attention.
I LOVED THIS!!!! I can't wait for the second one to come out <3 Might try Filthy Rich Vampire next
Screaming, crying, throwing up! I love Donato's work. I will read one this again and again.
I loved getting to learn about the Coast Salish peoples through Sasha's point of view. America is painted so differently when told through an Indigenous perspective; still beautiful, but so much loss. This book is a must read, in my opinion, if you live in the Pacific Northwest. Plus, the cover is gorgeous.
The last fifty pages of this book fucking rocked. Baba Yellowlegs is a stupid name. Chaol is a bitch. Dorian is babygirl. Thank the wyrd I'm done with this book.
When my professors first assigned this book to me all I could think was: BORING. Now it's been almost five years and I think about this book A LOT! Just read it. It is NOT BORING!!!
This book was the catalyst to a long & loving relationship with Roxane Gay's work and other queer writers and creators. I would give a trigger warning for survivors of SA, however I felt more seen and understood than triggered by the content.
I stopped and picked up this book twice since May and while I find the prose to be stunning- I was bored.
I love a mental health memoir, and this one was especially harrowing. Familial abuse is so complex, and I related to Foo's journey.
I was reading an online arc of this while at work to pass the time. I enjoy the premise, but I've got lots of other books I want to get through this year.
there were things i loved about this book and things i didnt love so much. always here for rooney's writing
i LOVED this book. It shares the perspective of Daniel, head chef, Julie, his wife, and Hannah, a waitress and victim of the chef. Daniel's perspective seemed so real to so many men around us post MeToo Movement- falling into false victimhood, in denial of the harm they cause. The end had me in tears. Hannah and Julie's story really hit home for me. Beautiful, tragic, intense. What a fucking amazing novel.
I first read Normal People in the summer of 2021. I absolutely loved Rooney's writing, her dialogue and her social commentary. The situationship between the two main characters kept me reeling until the end- I was STRESSED. So when I originally finished it, I wasn't stoked, but I continue to think about this book all the time. One day I'll be brave enough for a re-read. <3
This book served where I wanted it to. I found some of the side characters to be underdeveloped and leaning on tropes, but the spicy scenes, all of the scenery exposition, and the likability of the main couple made me stick around. Paranormal Romance is a genre for me, no doubt. Demons, hauntings, murders, cults, witches, and set during Halloween? Bless.
Boy believes in aliens, girl believes in ghosts. They both set out to prove that the other doesn't exist, when they find out, they both actually exist. The drawings of the yokai and aliens are also mesmerizing and sick as hell.
I've read Blackwave three times, which is a lot for me. I love Tea's descriptions of San Francisco as a teen who grew up exploring San Francisco with great (naivete) curiosity. This book also spoke to me as someone with climate anxiety- the way Tea describes the apocalypses continues to feel more and more real than surreal.
This book tore me to pieces, yet it helped me understand my own struggles with bipolar depression. I would add this book to any essential YA reading list.