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MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOKS I'VE READ
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I read a lot. Okay, maybe not a lot, but about one book per week. I’m grateful to be gifted with the desire to dive into the words of other writers in a quest for entertainment, understanding—basically, an awakening*.
* A Honky’s version of becoming woke. I find writers, including myself, to be deluded with a doss of narcissistic personality disorder. Where they feel — lucky for the mere mortals walking among us--us—feel might be the wrong word—writers are compelled to share their innermost thoughts, keystroking them out to the world. Writing is an itch, a debilitating curse that can lonely and fear-stoking. Narcissism is often dosed with a crippling smattering of “Am I good enough?” In that spirit, every book you see in my I Love It section: I loved! I find giving these books a score pointless. I try to share how the books made me feel as opposed to firing out a synopsis. Every book on these pages deserves 5 STARS!--because—who the hell am I to try to tell anyone else what to like? And because, unless the book is filled with hate, writing is hard, writers deserve to be encouraged to keep writing. Unless of course, you suck as a writer, even then, keep writing, one day you might stop sucking. Anyway, thank you, writers, for having the courage to persevere. A new potential book title just skipped through my cranium: FUCK THE PLATFORM And, readers, I, with the utmost confidence, recommend every book you see on these pages because, at the very least, they offer an escape from the daily grind! The last sentence is a lie. There are a few putrid books that even if they were thrown into a fire--they likely wouldn't burn. 
(I TRY TO REFRAIN FROM SHARING THOUGHTS ON BOOKS I DON'T LIKE)
ULTIMATE RATING SCALE
5 STARS = 5 STARS
5 STARS? = Less than or greater than 5 STARS - YOU DECIDE
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ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS
GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS LANNY STRENGTH IN STILLNESS SADIE HOLY BIBLE SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME |
WHAT IS MISSING
CONSIDER THIS UNCANNY VALLEY KNOW MY NAME THE WHISPER MAN FEASTING WILD SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME |
IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME
GINGER BREAD THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM TOIL & TROUBLE A WOMAN IS NO MAN SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME SOON COME |
COVERS 10 11 12
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HOW TO CATCH A MOLE
THE NICKEL BOYS TIN MAN NORMAL PEOPLE THE SECRET VOICE OF REBELLION ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW THEY BOTH DIE IN THE END THICK THE AMERICAN STORY |
DAISY JONES & THE SIX
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE IF YOU SEE ME, DON'T SAY HI TRICK MIRROR VERY NICE EVERY LITTLE SCRAP AND WONDER LOGICAL FAMILY IN THE DREAM HOUSE BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT... THINGS MY SON NEEDS TO KNOW |
THE WHITE BOOK
SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE YOU... BECOMING IF YOU DID WHAT I ASKED... GIRL STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE A LITTLE LIFE BLACK IS THE BODY SURVIVAL MATH LOT |
COVERS 7 8 9
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HITS & MISSES
1984 EDUCATED BUFFERING BEST DAY EVER we are never meeting in real life GOD: A HUMAN HISTORY WOMEN TALKING ONE OF US IS LYING MOSTLY DEAD THINGS |
SUPERMARKET
CALYPSO A MAN CALLED OVE YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT THE INHERITANCE OF SHAME I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE SHOE ON THE ROOF BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME PURSUIT OF FREEDOM |
FIT FOR JOY
GREEN BOOK IGIST BEARTOWN AMERICA, THE FAREWELL TOUR LAKE SUCCESS LESS QUEENIE US AGAINST YOU AGES OF ENTANGLEMENT |
COVERS 4 5 6
SEED'S SKETCHY RELATIONSHIP THEORIES
A GUIDE TO THE PERILS OF DATING
(HOW NOT TO BECOME A BAR REGULAR)
A GUIDE TO THE PERILS OF DATING
(HOW NOT TO BECOME A BAR REGULAR)
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A COMPLICATED KINDNESS
EVERYBODY'S SON ONE MORE THING A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK THE AUDACITY OF HOPE HILLBILLY ELEGY WHAT BELONGS TO YOU THE CATCHER IN THE RYE THE ALCHEMIST |
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COVERS 1 2 3
