August Reading Recap & September TBR ✨

this book all around was a stunning exploration of identity family survival and belonging as with the last installment in the series this one continued in the trend of having quite diverse representation which i really appreciated

i deeply connected to this work i gave it 5 out of 5 stars i can't say that i enjoyed it particularly because it really did discuss a lot of deep dark serious difficult issues but i really felt that alicia elliott wrote these essays in a very welcoming and open and vulnerable way where you could really connect to what she was saying

i did feel like there were some loose ends that weren't tied up fully to my satisfaction but it is a novella it is very short so i suppose that's a little more understandable and i overall really enjoyed this and i'm going to be continuing on in the series

i have read rivers solomon's work in the past i read an unkindness of ghosts which i adored

this is the best romance i've ever read it is the most i've ever enjoyed a lighthearted romance novel oh my god it was amazing if you are into romance in any capacity please pick up this book it was so good

the concepts that were being put out there were so interesting so unique i was completely fascinated by the weirdness of them

regardless of that i really enjoyed it i found it incredibly informative i cried a couple times because of some of the things that she was saying about childhood experiences so i very much connected to it and i gave it four out of five stars

i really found it incredibly moving and informative and i highly recommend it i gave it 5 out of 5 stars it's a powerful work that deserves your attention

it was very unique in the realm of y a fantasy at least as far as what i have read from y a fantasy especially popular y a fantasy this stands apart and in my opinion above the rest it was so well done the world building was impeccable and the characters were very well developed as well

it's just everything that i could want out of a sci-fi novel to be honest and i gave it 5 out of 5 stars happily and i cannot wait to read the next one

this is honestly one of the funniest works of fiction i've ever read in my life it is so hilarious and hilarious in such a smart witty dry way that i just adore

if you remember my discussion of the long way to a small angry planet i also adored that book and also gave that book five stars

so all that to say this was a very interesting horror novel i'm not regretful that i read it i would definitely recommend it if you are able to handle the more gratuitous gore and violence very unique perspective and i'm very curious to read more of this author's work

i do know that i really enjoyed the experience i connected to a number of the characters i found the writing quite beautiful and for me it was 4 out of 5 stars i'm glad i read it

i found the sort of romance aspect of it very sweet but it also covered a lot of really important topics that are very salient at the moment

it was very informative but i think for me this kind of lost its way in connecting all of that history with jerkins as a person i felt like this was missing that personal element and for that reason i felt quite disconnected from this narrative

i read rory power's debut novel wilder girls earlier this year and i enjoyed it but i wasn't fully satisfied by it i think i gave it three stars