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November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Title: Beartown
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 15, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️

Devastating. Absolutely devastating.
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Title: Sorcerer to the Crown
Author: Zen Cho
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️

The sum of its parts never equal the whole. The author tried to do more than what was needed. Characters were delightful, tho I ultimately did not buy into the romance.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
Author: Carol J. Clover
Genre: Essays, Feminism, Film
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 10, 2025
Star Rating 3.75 ⭐️

Seminal, very dense. Would’ve liked more intersectional analysis but definitely a foundational read for the topic.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Katabasis
Author: R. F. Kuang
Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia
Format: Physical
Date Read: Nov 8, 2025
Star Rating: 3.25⭐️

Not as bad nor as good as hyped. Muddied execution of style and pacing kept the story, themes and characters from really shining. But points to Kuang for committing to it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Knight and the Moth
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical (and audio)
Date Read: Nov 1, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️

I thought this was lovely and I liked the atmosphere. There are some rough edges in the writing but overall I loved the tone. I will be reading the sequel
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 28, 2025
Star Rating: 2.5⭐️

Mediocre romance baked in poor world building and writing. Unfortunately it is highly readable and very amusing at multiple points. Will not read the sequels.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Assata: An Autobiography
Author: Assata Shakur
Genre: Bio/Memoir
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 19, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️

Incisive, touching and unmatched. Essential reading and I could talk about Assata’s writing all day.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Genre: Horror
Format: Physical
Date Read: Oct 14, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️

Still thinking about it. Still crying about Weasel Plume. Probs the best horror book I have read in years.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Genre: Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: October 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️

I am so angry that I liked the writing so much that I almost gave it 3 stars. Too long but I can never a hate book where the writing has an actual voice.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: They Were Her Property: White Women as Slaveowners in the American South
Author: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Genre: History
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 22, 2025
Star Rating: 4.25⭐️

Interesting examination and debunking of myths about the perpetrators of slavery. A bit repetitive by the end
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: A Curse for True Love
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 20, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️

Same as the first 2.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: The Ballad of Never After
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 18, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️

Same experience as the first. Protagonist still frustrating as hell.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: Before Versailles
Author: Karleen Koen
Genre: Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 15, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️

Sort of a let down after the last book. But nothing really wrong with it.
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Title: In Memoriam
Author: Alice Winn
Genre: Historical, Literary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 12, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0⭐️

Tearjerker, absolutely wrecked me for days.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: Axiom’s End
Author: Lindsay Ellis
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 9, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️

Really fun read and we love a good sidekick.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: James
Author: Percival Everett
Genre: Literary
Format: e-book
Date Read: Apr 6, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0⭐️

Really fun and incisive remix of a classic. Accolades deserved. Did feel the ending/pacing was a bit too fast but that is just a taste thing in this case
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: The Space Between Worlds
Author: Michigan Johnson
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Physical
Date Read: Apr 4, 2025
Star Rating: 4.0 ⭐️

Interesting multi-verse, would recommend.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: The Gentleman’s Book of Vices
Author: Jess Everlee
Genre: Romance, Gay, Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Mar 31, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️

Nothing objectionable, but nothing of note either. Characters too likeable for their own good that they come off rather flat.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: Right Wing Women
Author: Andrea Dwirkin
Genre: Essays, Feminist
Format: E-Book
Date Read: Mar 26, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️

I would fight Andrea but points were made. More nuanced than expected for both better and worse. And her rage is somewhat cathartic.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Classic, Historical
Format: Physical
Date Read: Mar 24, 2025
Star Rating: 3.5⭐️

Really doesn’t come together until the back half but I think Madame Defarge is one of my favorite fictional villains.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: The Cruel Prince
Author: Holly Black
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Audio
Date Read: Mar 20, 2025
Star Rating: 4.5⭐️

Fun, and I love a ruthless, ambitious protagonist.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: Once Upon a Broken Heart
Author: Stephanie Garber
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Audio
Date Read: Mar 14, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0⭐️

Interesting world, however this has the most frustrating protagonist I have ever read
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: To Kill a Kingdom
Author: Alexandra Christo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Physical
Date Read: Mar 12, 2025
Star Rating: 3.0 ⭐️

Easy read and great premise. Inexplicably YA and pulls it punches and ends up being a serviceable but altogether typical quest story.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Title: Amatka
Author: Karin Tidbeck
Genre: Science Fiction, Weird
Format: Physical
Date Read: Mar 3, 2025
Star Rating: 3.75⭐️

A critique of socialism from the left is supported by incredibly weird imagery and happenings. Suitably atmospheric but the characters were a little too paper thin
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM