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Ask Again, Yes | Mary Beth Keane

One sentence:  A fantastic generational family drama that might end up being one of my favorite books of the year. Three thoughts: I love these characters. Keane does a great job of thoroughly fleshing out all the characters and giving them depth without losing anything due to the number of “main” characters. I accidentally checked this out as an “Express Read,” meaning I only had it for seven days. Oh, the pressure! (It was so good that I was able to return it two days early.) Lots  ...

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Vox | Christina Dalcher

One sentence:  This is such a good book, but it’s terrifying because I feel like it’s our future.  Three thoughts: The science got to be a bit much for me from time to time, but ultimately it was understandable. The concept of aphasia is terrifying. Now I have another thing to worry about! I love how this book started right in the middle of all the action instead of starting slowly. Rating Characters: 5/5 – Jean was great. Strong, bold, and brave. I didn’t like Patrick’s  ...

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Lullabies for Little Criminals | Heather O’Neill

One sentence: A kid grows up with a heroin-addicted father and it goes exactly the way you’d expect. Three thoughts: I really want to know what ended up happening to Baby! Like, okay she got out of her bad situation, but you don’t just suddenly not become addicted to heroin. I realized multiple times while reading this book that I have no idea when it takes place. It felt very 70s to me, but I could be very wrong about that. I’m not sure that it ever actually said when it happened. I was  ...

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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler | Italo Calvino

One sentence: Uhhh… I think I loved it but I’m not sure? Three thoughts: I love all the metacognition (if that’s what you’d call it). This book reminds me a LOT of S. So much that I wonder if this one influenced that one. Some of these chapters were dense AF and I flew through others. Rating Characters: 5/5. This book was based on a weird, interesting premise. It’s told in second person, so that the reader becomes one of the active characters in the book. Calvino pulls it off really  ...

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