book recommendations
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At the start of every new year, there is a predictable swell of social media book influencers. They rush to proclaim their new reading goal. This is usually a quantity, like 30 or 100 books. More often, I’ve been seeing users talking about a quality goal. They talk about reading more BIPOC books, books in…
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January 16, 2025 I promised myself this year that I would read more BIPOC literature, and a patient I was helping at work strongly recommended this book to me. I got it as an audiobook, and now I understand her enthusiasm. This book is already on many lists as a classically fantastic American novel. Fundamentally,…
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When I tell you my reading tastes are diverse, you’ll understand how diverse they are. By the end of this post, you’ll see the extent of this multi-genre dive. I feel that is the mark of a good book reviewer. If you just stick to one genre, you don’t get the full scope of what…
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“But in Shakespeare’s world, passion is irresistible, not embarrassing.” I can’t think of a better book to start this blog. A review of If We Were Villains by ML Rio is the perfect choice. If you love dark academia, you can appreciate Shakespeare, and you’ve seen Dead Poet’s Society, this is the book for you.…
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Hello Reader! I’m Sam. I’ve been wrestling with creating my book review blog for quite some time. I wasn’t sure if I had the chops to become an authority on recommending books. That is… until I recommended books left and right to coworkers and friends, posting small reviews on social media. Throughout the years, I’ve…