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Book #26: Normal People

By: Sally Rooney Recommended to me by a cousin, I found this book very real. I sped through this is a couple of days, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Then I watched the miniseries to add a bit of Ireland in my life. The characters are all encumbered by very real,...

Book #25: Children of Blood and Bone

By: Tomi Adeyemi As I keep bringing up, I do struggle with fantasy. I do also value the historical importance of representation in novels. There were a few things this book did really well. I loved learning about the Orisha, and Yoruba mythology in general. I found it...

Book #24: Parable of the Sower

By: Octavia Butler This book was highlighted by an event held by Harriet’s Bookshop, and so I bought a copy ahead of the event, and read it shortly thereafter. I am not a huge fantasy fan. Harry Potter is definitely my largest exception to this genre-specific...

Book #23: Pachinko **

By: Min Jin Lee I am going to reread this and come back with a better review in the beginning of next year. This book was extraordinary! So so much is packed into this book. I honestly had a hard time getting through the first 50 pages. But once I hit that mark, the...

Books #16 – #22: The Harry Potter Series [Reread]

By: J.K. Rowling Narrated By: Jim Dale I went in to this year with the goal to reread the Harry Potter series in June. Well, I did not account for the global pandemic, or the global Anti-Racism riots. The series took me longer to get through than I expected,  I ended...

Book #15: The Witch Elm

By: Tana French Narrated by: Paul Nugent I was craving something light and random when my mom suggested that we give this one a listen. I was not expected a murder mystery, but that’s what I got. I do consider a murder mystery to be light reading, because it was...