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I like to read whatever I find interesting, which tends to be mystery/thriller, nonfiction, and literary fiction. I often go into books without knowing their premise. Will DNF a book very quickly.

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Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

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acore

Jan 25, 2026

4.0

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0

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I’m hoping this is one of many “classics” I get to this year. Overall, I found this to be a moving story since it’s a depiction of constant despair and anguish for those who come to America with this unrealistic dream of freedom and then become a slog to the capitalism that continues to plague our people. I see why Sinclair would be disappointed to reach people’s stomachs instead of their hearts but given the current state of the FDA (on the decline I fear) it did have more of an ability to touch my heart.

My heart goes out to every mention of a woman or child in this story for how they do so easily become products of the industry around them. I don’t know fully how I feel about the way things were handled with Ona and Marija. However, seeing as it’s from the perspective of Jurgis I think that there is some back and forth with the complexity of their situations in Chicago, especially as immigrants and individuals suffering at the hands of poverty and a society that will always take.

What will likely stick with me the most is how intertwined politics is to our lives but also how different politics may represent different perspectives or jobs within the market/economy. I’m really interested in this and will probably mull over it some more.

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The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the meat-packing industry and much of Sinclair's most pointed social and political commentary. The text of this new edition is as it appeared in the original uncensored edition of 1905. It contains the full 36 chapters as originally published, rather than the 31 of the expurgated edition. A new foreword describes the discovery in the 1980s of the original edition and its subsequent suppression, and a new introduction places the novel in historical context by explaining the pattern of censorship in the shorter commercial edition.

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Minor Black Figures

Brandon Taylor

From the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativityA newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It’s challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time work for an art restorer is engaging, Wyeth suffers from artist’s block with his painting and he is finding it increasingly difficult to spark his creativity. When he meets Keating, a white former seminarian who left the priesthood, Wyeth begins to reconsider how to observe the world, in the process facing questions about the conflicts between Black and white art, the white gaze on the Black body, and the compromises we make – in art and in life.As he did so adeptly in Booker finalist Real Life and the bestselling The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor brings to life in Minor Black Figures a fascinating set of characters, this time in the competitive art world, and the lives they lead with each and on their own. Minor Black Figures is an involving and tender portrait of friendship, creativity, and the connections between them.

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Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

Stephen Fry

Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, stylishly retold by Stephen Fry. The legendary writer, actor, and comedian breathes life into ancient tales, from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire, and transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder. Classical artwork inspired by the myths and learned notes from the author offer rich cultural context.

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A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers

acore

Jan 20, 2026

4.0

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: Plot:

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I think if you’re looking for phrases and reflection questions to help when you’re feeling down about yourself, then this is your book. Low self-esteem and critical self-judgment can weigh heavily on women with adhd and this one wants to talk about that a lot and give you some kind of inspiration about that.

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Elena Knows

Claudia Piñeiro

A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individual freedom. After Rita is found dead in the bell tower of the church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society.

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The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

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