sublime books & subpar books 📊 halfway into a year of literature

complete waste of time one of the most underwhelming experiences of my life and i went to high school this was honestly just brutal

i thought the first book was a little bit overrated i enjoyed the second book most of all

i thought the first book was a little bit overrated i enjoyed the second book most of all

i think the best character studies really do let you into how someone sees the world and lm montgomery's writing in anne of green gables and her writing of anne of green gables they are both just so expert at doing that

i think i want to give an honorable mention as well to targanya because i read first love last month also one of my favorite books of the year so far so impressed like so impressed

this is an extremely smart book one of the most powerful books i've ever read especially being inserted with the essence of frankenstein but then recontextualizing frankenstein into 2005 baghdad was this playground this environment this landscape of ideas that were just so powerful and so commanding of your attention

i was not expecting i really was not expecting great things from this but it dazzled me it delighted me i read this book like a good cup of coffee and it just gave me so much happiness so much serotonin so much inspiration so much comfort

i also teared up once again reading letters to young poets by rilka this is like oh my gosh a bajillion re-reads over but i cry every time i read this it's just impossible not to it just like hits me right in the chest

i read volume 2 this month i have no words to explain the happiness or the smiles that i get from reading this manga like it's just it's nostalgic it's funny it's inspiring it just gets me every single time

oh i read snow very early on this year as well absolutely loved it also one of my favorite reads of the year so far

last year i read the doll factory by her which is historical fiction set in victorian london these birds are actually ridiculously loud i'm so sorry and i really liked it

this first one is the girl who drank the moon by kelly barnhill also one of my faves of the year so far but i almost put this as one of my favorite books as well one of the best books of the year but this one i cried like a little baby at the end

this one was fantastic i would probably say i still enjoyed the first one more but i think this one was still such a strong sequel although it did have some questions that really never got answers

this one did nothing for me this was also extremely boring in my opinion i've discovered that like i do not like neil gaiman's adult writing style at all i find it a little bit just kind of condescending and weirdly put together

i also recently read the silent patient i listened to it by the same author a couple months ago that one floored me i think it was really good

i loved the philosophical discussions in here the writing was absolutely gorgeous of course i do have a few critiques in like my vlogs and wrap ups and stuff but on the whole this book was utterly incredible