My best books of 2021.

But again, so, so, so accessible lots to discuss. This was a really good book club read.

I could not put it down. I couldn't look away. I read it so quickly that the writing was really beautiful as well.

I would describe this as like terrifying in its quietness. You can feel the like further context and history around it. Absolutely beautiful, reading very, very real.

The dialogue is so just witty and biting and really funny, and I think that is one of the highlights of these books for me. I found the ending of the first one a little bit unsatisfying because I wasn't sure where we landed on the: what's real, what's not real.

But it did kind of pull me back in, and I did love the second one, and there's just something about it. It's very charming.

If you're looking for a shorter audio book, I would really, really recommend. This was very interesting.

I was so delighted with how smart and funny and entertaining and touching this was.

I thought the narration was incredible. I thought it was going to be really dense, but I thought it's really compelling, really accessible, great characters, and it works pretty well on its own.

So this is a book that I was definitely intimidated by. I had no reason to be was absolutely beautiful, and I'm really glad I read it.

I actually read this for the YA book prize judging, and this is just totally up my street.

Really love these. I thought it was weird and wonderful. There's definitely some body horror in there.