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KnitAFett

KnitAFett@books.theunseen.city

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I'm a stressed out mom that works way too much and uses reading as my escape time. I've been really enjoying picking up books that I know absolutely nothing about other than the title and giving it a go. This book roulette has been helping me push my boundaries and read books I likely never would have picked up before.

My rating system: (100% of my reading is through my library or online content, for reference) 5 - I absolutely loved it and will be buying a copy for my bookshelf! 4 - I really enjoyed this and will pick up a used copy from somewhere to share with others. 3 - This was pretty good, I can see why people like it. 2 - This just really wasn't quite for me. 1* - This should have been a DNF...

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@picklish This is one of the books I read this year that surprised me. The afterword in the copy I listened to said that Jaqueline's family had to flee from the Nazis and that the bunkers are likely a reference to the concentration camps. Added a whole layer on top of the book for me.

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Sophie Mackintosh, Jacqueline Harpman: I Who Have Never Known Men (2019, Penguin Random House) 5 stars

‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, …

I Who Have Never Known Men

5 stars

There’s no continuity and the world I have come from is utterly foreign to me. I haven’t heard its music, I haven’t seen its painting, I haven’t read its books, except for the handful I found in the refuge and of which I understood little. I know only the stony plain, wandering, and the gradual loss of hope. I am the sterile offspring of a race about which I know nothing, not even whether it has become extinct.

Highly recommended from me. This book is sort of a melancholy post-apocalyptic coming-of-age survival story, but with a dreamlike tint. It's uncompromising in not giving any pat answers to any of its questions. Why are these women here? Where has everybody else gone? Is this even earth? I feel like it explores a lot of ideas around trauma and knowledge and purpose, but at its heart I feel like it's really getting …

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Chain-Gang All-Stars (2023, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 5 stars

Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the …

Loved the concept, but a little choppy at times.

4 stars

The characters in this book were amazing and the scathing look at the American prison system is fantastic. It was great to get to know many of the characters, even if they were not the main ones being followed. I did have a little difficulty tracking who we were following at times while listening to the audiobook. Nothing major, just a few times I had to skip back.

Adjei-Brenyah really brought these characters to life and I definitely was a little sad in the end. This is a weird book because you're hopeful because you want to side with the characters, but you're also having to grapple with knowing how things will play out because of how messed up the prison system is and how America uses prisoners for their own gain. The real-life call outs on things that have actually happened in and through our prison systems was a …

Lee Miye: The Dallergut Dream Department Store (2020) 4 stars

Cozy read, but still has some complexities.

3 stars

I really enjoyed the overall storyline going on in this book. You're following Penny as she vies to get her dream job at The Dallergut Dream Department Store, and getting to see the customers that come to buy the dreams as well as the creators of the dreams. I had a really fun time seeing how Lee gave meaning to different types of dreams, even nightmares.

There is one area that this book lost me, and it's still bothering me. There is a point in the story where the workers at The Dallergut are able to get dreams that they've been wanting to try out. It's the only time that life outside of The Dallergut bubble is really mentioned, and it sent me through a rabbit hole of wondering if that means that those that reside in the dream realm need to sleep and eat like their customers, is it …