Tag: woman-authored
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Easily my favorite book of 2021, The Poisonwood Bible is a decades-spanning epic that I’ll keep for the rest of my life.
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Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
A very good book that’s hard to put yourself through but so worth reading.
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The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
The first book I’ve read in 2022, The Book of Salt is rich in aesthetics and emotion but could benefit from dialing it back.
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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
This was easily my least favorite book of the 53 I read in 2021. It is possibly my least favorite book that I have read by choice in my adult life.
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar may have saved my life, even if it didn’t save Sylvia Plath’s.
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Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
The tech industry is pretty garbage for a lot of reasons. Anna Wiener walks readers through some of those reasons.
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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
A tale with a classic theme told like a folk legend, but not my favorite Le Guin.
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The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
I didn’t hate it, but I think the single best descriptor for it is “unsubtle.”
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
This book will punch me in the gut every time I read it.
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