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Normal People

Sally Rooney

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Normal People

Sally Rooney

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers - one they are determined to conceal. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.

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Jul 18, 2026

We Could Be Rats

3.5

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I loved the exploration of childhood nostalgia and the impostor syndrome that arises as a result of growing up and feeling like a kid stuck in an adult body. Relatability is one of Austin's strong suits, after all. However, and although the novel is not very long, I think it could have been way shorter. It was so repetitive at times that I was eager to finally reach a conclusion. Going over memories is not boring when it is done well and the pacing is right, but this time it felt excessive. I know the point is to understand the reasoning behind Sigrid's attempt and Margit's behavior, but perhaps it would have more engaging if executed differently.

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Jul 18, 2026

Catboy

3.0

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Cute art style, it makes me want to check out other works by this author. Other than that and the occasional humor, there was nothing very special about this graphic novel. Perhaps I was expecting a more cohesive plot instead of a variety of vignettes, but it felt slightly disjointed because of that.

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Jul 18, 2026

Song of Solomon

3.5

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It's the first time I read a Morrison novel that I don't really connect with. As always, her prose is beautiful and intricate, making you go over each passage slowly in order to get the most out of it. I loved Pilate as a character, she was the most fascinating to me, but Milkman as a protagonist did not fully convince me (especially in the last third of the book). I did enjoy learning about the past and everything that preceded and led to his birth, but somehow I felt distant from him most of the time. The themes of family history and myth are quite interesting though, so I don't rule out a possible reread in the future.

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We Could Be Rats

Emily R. Austin

A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her older sister Margit is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society. But Sigrid’s detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She’s haunted by the pains of her past—from pretending her parents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with their violent arguments to grappling with losing Greta’s friendship to the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward. What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.

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Stealing from Wizards Volume 1: Pickpocketing (Stealing from Wizards #1)

R.A. Consell

Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life, but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity forged him into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows?

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Invisiblelifeofkait

What do you love about reading?

This is such a vague question, but I want to know what everyone loves about reading. Whether you read classics, cowboy romances, or non fiction. Feel free to get as deep and as personal as you want. For me, it’s being able to get lost in a world for a few hours. I love the art of just becoming someone new, even if it isn’t for very long, and exploring worlds I’ll never know to exist.

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plut0reads

Random nostalgia for characters you love

Sometimes out of nowhere I'll think of characters and get so homesick and emotional about them. I especially feel that way about Robin Hobb's characters, occasionally about Lockwood and Co and ASOIAF too. Does it happen to you too and if yes which characters do you miss the most?

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Candle_thrill

I'm gonna hold your hand when I say this 🫩

Copying and pasting the book's sinopsis, without farther additions, is not a review. I am tired of entering in Goodreads, checking the reviews of an ARC and seeing SEVERAL posts that are literally just "This story is about x character, in x place and shit happens. Thank you so much for the ARC!". Word for word from the original book description text. Nothing more. And don't get me wrong, you can do a simple, light and short review. I find those great. But that Control + C ➡️ Control+ V thing is just ridiculous. So here are some things that you can add to your book reflections:

🔸Rhythm: Is it fast? Slow? Does it linger in specific scenes? Why? 🔸Author's style: Realistic/Mystic/Descriptive/Onirical... 🔸 Characters: are they well constructed? How about their evolution through the book? What is the dynamic between them like? If there's a romance, do they have chemistry? Favorite POV? 🔸 Worldbuilding: Unique/Simple/Complex/Over-explained/with gaps/Solid and inmersive 🔸Atmosphere: Is it oppressive? Nostalgic? Thrilling? 🔸Symbols and metaphors 🔸REP (LGTB, disability, BIPOC...) 🔸Great quotes 🔸Was it a fast, addictive read? Was it a more calm and intimate experience? Did you read it for a book club, or a challenge? What did you expected from it? 🔸Emotional or spice levels 🔸History research if it's real historial event based

Just some ideas, feel free to add some more to the list or to discuss my first comment hahaha

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Catboy

Benji Nate

The adventures of young-adult Olive and her best friend Henry, turned from cat into a real human cat-boy after a poorly worded wish upon a shooting star. This graphic novel collects the hit ongoing weekly comic series from VICE.com along with all new exclusive and unreleased material and sketchbook pages. This contemporary series is cute, fierce, funny and adventurous!

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We Could Be Rats

Emily R. Austin

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