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Love historical fiction and bio essay, always on the look for a new read! Guilty of having a never ending tbr and still buying new books đ«Ș
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Annie Bot
Sierra Greer
Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, sheâs not the greatest at keeping Dougâs place spotless, but sheâs trying to please him. Sheâs trying hard.
Sheâs learning, too.
Doug says he loves that Annieâs artificial intelligence makes her seem more like a real woman, but the more human Annie becomes, the less perfectly she behaves. As Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder whether Doug truly desires what he says he does. In such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?
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The Bright Years
Sarah Damoff
One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but theyâre unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this big-hearted family saga perfect for readers of Mary Beth Keane and Claire Lombardo.
Ryan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette. But Lillian has a son she hasnât told Ryan about, and Ryan has an alcohol addiction he hasnât told Lillian about, so Georgette comes of age watching their marriage rise and fall.
When a shocking blow scatters their fragile trio, Georgette tries to distance herself from reminders of her parents. Years later, Lillianâs son comes searching for his birth family, so Georgette must return to her roots, unearth her familyâs history, and decide whether she can open up to love for themâor herselfâwhile thereâs still time.
Told from three intimate points of view, The Bright Years is a tender, true-to-life novel that explores the impact of each generation in a family torn apart by tragedy but, over time, restored by the power of grace and love.
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I loved this reading as a small sunday relaxed vibe. Madeline is hilarious, the book is filled with satire and parodies and heavy joking (which may not be everyones vibe). The quirkiness of the first 100 pages is very enjoyable and I think diminished throughout the second and third thirds of the book, which is a very sensible decision from the writing perspective.
The story felt rushed in the end, I would call it very unbelievable but, the writing style and the characters are so absurd that I don't even mind it. Nothing in this book needs to make sense tbh. It sort of feels like those fever dreams and thoughts that we get (?) if that makes sense.
There is big controversy around this book regarding t3rrorÂĄsm and abl3ism. I will say I expected this while reading, and it didn't seem as "propagandist" or "diacriminatory" as it was portrayed to me. While it is important to keep in mind and have it present while reading, it is also important to discern it with our own criteria, and I don't see eye to eye with making such a controversy on this book. I think the book is filled with satire and parody and hyperbolizing on absurdities and extremist movements overall. I feel like the internet has fixated on some element of the story very incessantly, while others have been selectively ignored. In my opinion, the author uses these absurdities and maximizes them exponentially, simply because everyone in this book is an a55hole and takes very questionable decisions.
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Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash
Rippling with humor, warmth, and style, Lost Lambs is a new vision of the charms and pitfalls of family dysfunction.
The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud's open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someoneâor somethingâis monitoring the townâs citizens.
Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a billionaire shipping magnate. Rumors of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with a mysterious shipping container sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracyâone that may just bring them closer together.
Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynn family and those of the panorama of characters around them, Madeline Cashâs Lost Lambs is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness. With Lost Lambs, Cash has crafted a family saga for the twenty-first century, all held together with crazy glue.
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I am so excited to start this! I had been wanting to get my hands on it for months, and now that my intimate bestie Dua Lipa set it for her book club (Aug2026), I figured it's time for it. I've been reading some of the posts around and they are making me eaaager!
Running to get my copy from my bag rn (by the way, the edition with the sheep on the cover is so nice đđ«).
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Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash
Rippling with humor, warmth, and style, Lost Lambs is a new vision of the charms and pitfalls of family dysfunction.
The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud's open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someoneâor somethingâis monitoring the townâs citizens.
Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a billionaire shipping magnate. Rumors of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with a mysterious shipping container sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracyâone that may just bring them closer together.
Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynn family and those of the panorama of characters around them, Madeline Cashâs Lost Lambs is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness. With Lost Lambs, Cash has crafted a family saga for the twenty-first century, all held together with crazy glue.
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance missionâand if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesnât know that. He canât even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that heâs been asleep for a very, very long time. And heâs just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, itâs up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mysteryâand conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, heâs got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
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Aug 09, 2026
Aug 09, 2026
5.0
Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
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Reading this has done 2 (maybe sort of contradicting?) things to me:
- It has made me admire Malala and her work even more, and
- It has made me see her as one of the girls
This memoir is so refreshing and humanizing! I literally felt like having coffee with a close friend and catching up. Malala definitely breaks the stereotype of a Nobel-Prize-winning activist, and she shows a deeply human, multi-faceted reality that we probably wouldn't have stopped to think of.
Definitely recommended for a lighter reading if you have followed Malala's career and work. đ«
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Finding My Way
Malala Yousafzai
How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight?
Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Talibanâs brutal attack on her life, Malala Yousafzai quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Now, for the first time ever, Malala takes us beyond the headlines in Finding My Wayâa vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humor, and tenderness.
Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid, often messy moments like nearly failing exams, getting ghosted and meeting the love of her life, Malala reminds us that real role models arenât perfectâtheyâre human.
In this astonishing memoir, Malala reintroduces herself to the world, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define herâwhile seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destinyâand a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself.
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Finding My Way
Malala Yousafzai
How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight?
Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Talibanâs brutal attack on her life, Malala Yousafzai quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world. Now, for the first time ever, Malala takes us beyond the headlines in Finding My Wayâa vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humor, and tenderness.
Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are. In it, Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past. Through candid, often messy moments like nearly failing exams, getting ghosted and meeting the love of her life, Malala reminds us that real role models arenât perfectâtheyâre human.
In this astonishing memoir, Malala reintroduces herself to the world, sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define herâwhile seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is. Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young woman taking charge of her destinyâand a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself.
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The Bright Years
Sarah Damoff
One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but theyâre unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this big-hearted family saga perfect for readers of Mary Beth Keane and Claire Lombardo.
Ryan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette. But Lillian has a son she hasnât told Ryan about, and Ryan has an alcohol addiction he hasnât told Lillian about, so Georgette comes of age watching their marriage rise and fall.
When a shocking blow scatters their fragile trio, Georgette tries to distance herself from reminders of her parents. Years later, Lillianâs son comes searching for his birth family, so Georgette must return to her roots, unearth her familyâs history, and decide whether she can open up to love for themâor herselfâwhile thereâs still time.
Told from three intimate points of view, The Bright Years is a tender, true-to-life novel that explores the impact of each generation in a family torn apart by tragedy but, over time, restored by the power of grace and love.
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Butter
Asako Yuzuki
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton.
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nationâs imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii canât resist writing back.
Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?
Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzukiâs Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movieâabout a young woman who loses everything but finds herselfâa tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books.
Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existenceâuntil the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces heâs been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takakoâs life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru.
An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyoâs famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoruâs life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house whoâs going through his own messy breakup.
But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom theyâve gained in the bookshop.
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