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jeffbenner rated Strike your heart: 3 stars
Amélie Nothomb: Strike your heart (2018)
Strike your heart by Amélie Nothomb
Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial hometown and is dating the most popular boy in town. She is …
jeffbenner rated The Story of a New Name: 5 stars
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
In 2012, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the …
jeffbenner rated Arbitrary stupid goal: 5 stars
Arbitrary stupid goal by Tamara Shopsin
"'Arbitrary Stupid Goal is a completely riveting world--when I looked up from its pages regular life seemed boring and safe …
jeffbenner rated My Brilliant Friend: 5 stars
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. …
jeffbenner rated Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: 5 stars
jeffbenner rated Sourdough: A Novel: 3 stars
Sourdough: A Novel by Robin Sloan
Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all …
jeffbenner rated Motherhood: 5 stars
Sheila Heti: Motherhood (2018)
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the …
jeffbenner rated Black wave: 4 stars
Black wave by Michelle Tea
"Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon …
jeffbenner rated Stories of Your Life and Others: 4 stars
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
jeffbenner rated Citizen: 5 stars
jeffbenner rated Salt: 4 stars
Salt by Nayyirah Waheed
This collection of poetry explores the realities of multiple identities, language, diasporic life and pain, the self, community, healing, celebration, …
jeffbenner rated Grief is the Thing with Feathers: 5 stars
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted …
jeffbenner rated Too much and not the mood: 5 stars
Durga Chew-Bose: Too much and not the mood (2017)
Too much and not the mood by Durga Chew-Bose
"An entirely original portrait of a young writer shutting out the din in order to find her own voice"--
jeffbenner rated So sad today: 4 stars
So sad today by Melissa Broder
"A darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays from Melissa Broder who has always struggled with anxiety. In the …