people like books finished reading Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective …
That's right, finished the book at the gig
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people like books commented on Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective …
Content warning Plot details but no big spoilers
Was prepared to hate-read this but halfway through I'm surprised at how little I'm cringeing at the plot, which is basically every undercover-cop-infiltrates-anarchists shitshow of the last 25 years mushed together in thinly-veiled-Tarnac... I could imagine many different directions for this book that would fucking enrage me and very few that I would find satisfying, but Kushner is a good and understated writer so I'm curious to see where it goes.
people like books finished reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation …
Didn't love this but at least it was short. Beautifully written but probably more interesting for someone who isn't totally obsessed with space/the ISS. Kind of expected more, I picked it cause it was shortlisted for Booker. That said it was a pretty relaxing read as someone who like, rewatches Cosmos to stave off panic attacks.
people like books finished reading The Wendy Award by Walter Scott
When Wendy is nominated for the coveted National FoodHut Contemporary Art Prize alongside her friend …
WENDY IS PERFECT
people like books finished reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (The Last Kingdom, #1)
The first book in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the …
Didn't quite fill the Kristin Lavrandsdattir-sized hole in my heart but i binged this audiobook in a day while repainting my room and it was a certain type of fun
people like books commented on Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
This book fucks
people like books reviewed Martyr!: a Novel by Kaveh Akbar
Poet Akbar (Calling a Wolf a Wolf) explores the allure of martyrdom in this electrifying …
A novel written by a poet
4 stars
It was good! There was a plot point early on that kind of fucked with my suspension of disbelief and bugged me like a splinter the whole rest of the read, and some neatness in the plot that I wasn't totally buying/in the mood for. But I'm a sucker for expert prose, subtly handled subject matter, and readability so it won me over.
people like books finished reading Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
Read this because I wanted to recommend it to a few people (based on some interviews I heard while she was doing press for the book). A surprisingly enjoyable read, even if I don't align with her politically in a lot of ways and find her a bit insufferable, I do think she lays out a lot of stuff about what's weird about the present moment quite well. Would give to my mom
people like books reviewed The Friend: A Novel by Sigrid Nunez
A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman …
People like dogs
3 stars
Death. Dogs. Dogs and humans. Writing. Writers love to write about writing.
people like books finished reading Le jeune homme by Annie Ernaux
En quelques pages, à la première personne, Annie Ernaux raconte une relation vécue avec un …
First book I've finished in French (I picked the shortest one possible, its like barely a novella lol).
people like books reviewed Bee Sting by Paul Murray
An unhappy Irish family plumbs the depths of their unhappiness, each in their own way.
Soapy and enjoyable
4 stars
The small town nuclear family setting made me feel so claustrophobic and a few hundred pages in, right when I was starting to wonder why I was still reading this weird family book, all the characters and the story started blowing open. Really well crafted, nothing revolutionary but a solid book to get wrapped into for a few weeks.
people like books rated Lakewood: 5 stars
Lakewood by Megan Giddings
When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed, the black millennial drops …
people like books rated Boulder: 4 stars
Boulder by Eva Baltasar, Julia Sanches
Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives …
people like books reviewed Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel
"Two best friends share an aversion to 'the human shackles' of motherhood, only to discover …
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5 stars
Really simple prose and a kind of overdone premise made me feel like I knew what I was getting into, but the story sucked me in really quickly and I ended up finishing it in one sitting. Really appreciated the steady, almost omnicient presence of the narrator through lots of turmoil in the lives of the women around her.
people like books started reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Comfort reread :)