★ bookish

an abused girl and her brother run away to a mysterious child-run safe house in the mountains and find a "lord of the flies" type society

nowhere burning

catronia ward

read: 6/16 - 6/26
psychological thriller

7.5/10

the history of tyranny and facism and how it extends to our current world and has shaped this administration

on tyranny

timothy snyder

read: 6/11 - 6/15
politics, history

8/10

an in depth history of the troubles in ireland

say nothing

patrick radden keefe

read: 4/10 - 6/11
non-fiction, history

10/10

two girls befriend an older unhappy couple and fall into their life and fall in love

conversations with friends

sally rooney

read: 5/25 - 6/2
literary fiction

7.5/10

sequel to bunny, follows the bunnies point of view and the aftermath of the protagonists book

we love you, bunny

Mona Awad

read: 4/29 - 6/2
literary fiction

5/10

a japanese woman decides to become a surrogate for a rich family as a last ditch effort to make money

swallows

natsuo kirino

read: 3/11 - 4/10
fiction

6/10

pretty much what the title says. such an amazing racap of the entire worlds history

a little history of the world

e.h. gombrich

read: 2/14 - 3/9
history

9/10

one of the original cyberpunk texts. a data theif joins a shady crew that is targeting a new AI

neuromancer

william gibson

read: 1/29 - 2/12
sci-fi

6.5/10

centers around 4 people who become 2 psuedo-couples and their relationships

beautiful world, where are you

sally rooney

read: 1/13 - 1/27
literary fiction

8/10

a story of 3 women all focused around the novel mrs. dalloway: virginia woolf writing the novel, clarissa, and laura

the hours

michael cunningham

read: 1/4 - 1/9
historical fiction

7.5/10