The Girl Who Chased the Moon ~ Sarah Addison Allen
I love Addison's particular brand of magical realism, but I have to say this is one of the stupidest books I have ever read
House Under Snow ~ Jill Bialosky
You feel the sorrow, pain, and frustration Anna feels for her mother who just can't get out from under her own grief to take care of her children
Tell the Wolves I'm Home ~ Carol Rifka Brunt
This story of the young girl dealing with the death of a beloved uncle and subsequently getting to know his longtime boyfriend had me absolutely emotionally wrecked
The Masterpiece ~ Fiona Davis
Another book that I viscerally loathed. The story was nonsensical and convoluted, and half the characters I didn't give a damn about
84, Charing Cross Road ~ Helen Hanff
I loved this tiny book of letters about literary friendship more than I ever expected to
To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
Probably the first book that made me realize that life just isn't fair, yet you still should never stop fighting for the truth and you should always be a kind person no matter what
Little House on the Prairie Series ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
These are the first books that I really connected to. I used to think about how different Laura Ingalls Wilder's life was from mine when she was my age, but yet we had certain things in common. These books were the first historical fiction I ever read, and Laura was the first character I truly identified with
The People We Keep ~ Allison Larkin
Another book that I absolutely unexpectedly adored
This book made me angry - in a good way - well, maybe not good because I cannot believe that in 2024 we are still treating sexual assault and sexual harassment victims the same way we did in the 1930s and 40s
Everything I Never Told You ~ Celeste Ng
An absolute gut punch of a novel involving feminism, teenage angst and depression, and family drama
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