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Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho

devastating but never hopeless. moved me deeply, and at the end of the day just a beautiful beautiful love story in the throes of recovery and illness. motherhood is sometimes LITERALLY a mental illness! 

Normal People by Sally Rooney

SOMETHING SHIFTED. expected not to care much, ended up bawling through the last chapter. everyone has said everything about this book before. i respect you miss sally! 

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

incredibly niche, which is its greatest strength and greatest downfall. in support of authors saying their specific thing and nothing else. i love her, messy bisexuals + film. a very fun time if bizarre. i love when characters are 38 also 

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

reunderstanding gender, human connection, childhood and family via fucked up sea creatures? IS FOR MEEEE!!!  at times corny (knowingly so) but moved me greatly, a wonderful reading experience, truly spoke to me. highly recommend! 

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

locked room scifi horror about working from home. what if your doppelganger showed up in your basement and started gaslighting you and you were a lesbian? i kinda loved it. no quote comes to mind so look at my sick fucked up edition 

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

very informative + devastating exploration of grief through the recollection of personal and national history. audiobook was phenomenal, peter ganim is consistently a great narrator. strong rec! 

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

refused to give up on it several times because i see and respect the authors vision but by god did it need more editing. too ambitious for a debut but v interesting things, will tune in for book 2 w hopes it's better constructed 

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

a classic for a reason. simply STUNNING on every level, writing construction research political strength. hard to read at times (the horrors) but unmissable, esp bc it's incredibly accessible. communism WILL win! 

What We Don't Talk about When We Talk about Fat by Aubrey Gordon

very very good. comprehensive, accessible, well-researched and nicely written. centered on bodily autonomy/justice and has quite a range of topics/themes for its length. highly rec it (the audiobook is great!) 

What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

 a wonderful short story collection about keys/doors. surprisingly enough i loved all of them a lot except one, this was great magical realism, filled with gay people and really immersive storytelling. great public transport read