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2024 reading log

  1. what would jane austen do? by linda corbett / dec. 31-jan. 5 / 3 stars
  2. exit strategy by martha wells / jan. 7-9 / 4 stars
  3. the wake-up call by beth o'leary / jan. 10-11 / 3 stars
  4. red seas under red skies by scott lynch / jan. 15-feb. 3 / 4 stars
  5. emily wilde’s map of the otherlands by heather fawcett / feb. 4-8 / 5 stars
  6. in the woods by tana french / feb. 9-19 / 4 stars
  7. network effect by martha wells / feb. 19-28 / 4.5 stars
  8. the martian chronicles by ray bradbury / feb. 28-mar. 5 / 4 stars
  9. chain gang all-stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / mar. 6-10 / 5 stars
  10. the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab / mar. 11-apr. 14 / 4 stars
  11. interesting facts about space by emily r. austin / apr. 14-18 / 4 stars
  12. the no-show by beth o’leary / apr. 18-21 / 3 stars
  13. not that kind of guy by andie j. christopher / apr. 22-may 1 / 2 stars
  14. bright young women by jessica knoll / may 1-8 / 5 stars
  15. funny story by emily henry / may 10-11 / 4 stars
  16. annie bot by sierra greer / may 11-19 / 4 stars
  17. the familiar by leigh bardugo / may 22-30 / 3 stars
  18. how to end a love story by yulin kuang / may 301-jun. 1 / 2 stars
  19. the family game by catherine steadman / jun. 1-5 / 2 stars
  20. dark places by gillian flynn / jun. 7-12 / 3 stars
  21. fugitive telemetry by martha wells / jun. 13-14 / 4 stars
  22. tomorrow sex will be good again: women and desire in the age of consent by katherine angel / jun. 14 / 4 stars
  23. the war of the worlds by h.g. wells / jun. 15-19 / 4 stars
  24. the likeness by tana french / jun. 20-jul. 1 / 4 stars
  25. so late in the day by claire keegan / jul. 1 / 4 stars
  26. with love, from cold world by alicia thompson / jul. 2-4 / 4 stars
  27. stone cold fox by rachel koller croft / jul. 4-8 / 3 stars
  28. friday black by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / jul. 8-12 / 4 stars
  29. the art of catching feelings by alicia thompson / jul. 12-15 / 3 stars
  30. the night shift by alex finlay / jul. 16-22 / 3 stars
  31. system collapse by martha wells / jul. 22-28 / 4 stars
  32. the vulnerables by sigrid nunez / jul. 29-aug. 4 / 3 stars
  33. the days of abandonment by elena ferrante / aug. 13-18 / 3 stars
  34. you should be so lucky by cat sebastian / aug. 18-21 / 5 stars
  35. faithful place by tana french / aug. 22-sep. 7 / 4 stars
  36. the housemaid by frieda mcfadden / sep. 11-14 / 2 stars
  37. trust by hernan diaz / sep. 14-29 / 3 stars
  38. the housemaid’s secret by frieda mcfadden / oct. 7-11 / 2 stars
  39. vampires in the lemon grove and other stories by karen russell / oct. 11-17 / 3 stars
  40. how to kill men and get away with it by katy brent / oct. 17-20 / 3 stars
  41. only if you’re lucky by stacy willingham / oct. 20-26 / 3 stars
  42. lovecraft country by matt ruff / oct. 28-nov.5 / 4 stars
  43. the housemaid is watching by frieda mcfadden/ nov.8-10 / 2 stars
  44. a doll’s house by henrik ibsen / nov. 10-11 / 4 stars
#finally I am free of the housemaid series#sry to my coworkers I appreciate you sharing w me but I did not like them#also I just ended my relationship recently and uh. definitely a few parallels to a doll’s house so that’s fun#allison’s reading log
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2024 reading log

  1. what would jane austen do? by linda corbett / dec. 31-jan. 5 / 3 stars
  2. exit strategy by martha wells / jan. 7-9 / 4 stars
  3. the wake-up call by beth o'leary / jan. 10-11 / 3 stars
  4. red seas under red skies by scott lynch / jan. 15-feb. 3 / 4 stars
  5. emily wilde’s map of the otherlands by heather fawcett / feb. 4-8 / 5 stars
  6. in the woods by tana french / feb. 9-19 / 4 stars
  7. network effect by martha wells / feb. 19-28 / 4.5 stars
  8. the martian chronicles by ray bradbury / feb. 28-mar. 5 / 4 stars
  9. chain gang all-stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / mar. 6-10 / 5 stars
  10. the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab / mar. 11-apr. 14 / 4 stars
  11. interesting facts about space by emily r. austin / apr. 14-18 / 4 stars
  12. the no-show by beth o’leary / apr. 18-21 / 3 stars
  13. not that kind of guy by andie j. christopher / apr. 22-may 1 / 2 stars
  14. bright young women by jessica knoll / may 1-8 / 5 stars
  15. funny story by emily henry / may 10-11 / 4 stars
  16. annie bot by sierra greer / may 11-19 / 4 stars
  17. the familiar by leigh bardugo / may 22-30 / 3 stars
  18. how to end a love story by yulin kuang / may 301-jun. 1 / 2 stars
  19. the family game by catherine steadman / jun. 1-5 / 2 stars
  20. dark places by gillian flynn / jun. 7-12 / 3 stars
  21. fugitive telemetry by martha wells / jun. 13-14 / 4 stars
  22. tomorrow sex will be good again: women and desire in the age of consent by katherine angel / jun. 14 / 4 stars
  23. the war of the worlds by h.g. wells / jun. 15-19 / 4 stars
  24. the likeness by tana french / jun. 20-jul. 1 / 4 stars
  25. so late in the day by claire keegan / jul. 1 / 4 stars
  26. with love, from cold world by alicia thompson / jul. 2-4 / 4 stars
  27. stone cold fox by rachel koller croft / jul. 4-8 / 3 stars
  28. friday black by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / jul. 8-12 / 4 stars
  29. the art of catching feelings by alicia thompson / jul. 12-15 / 3 stars
  30. the night shift by alex finlay / jul. 16-22 / 3 stars
  31. system collapse by martha wells / jul. 22-28 / 4 stars
  32. the vulnerables by sigrid nunez / jul. 29-aug. 4 / 3 stars
  33. the days of abandonment by elena ferrante / aug. 13-18 / 3 stars
  34. you should be so lucky by cat sebastian / aug. 18-21 / 5 stars
  35. faithful place by tana french / aug. 22-sep. 7 / 4 stars
  36. the housemaid by frieda mcfadden / sep. 11-14 / 2 stars
  37. trust by hernan diaz / sep. 14-29 / 3 stars
  38. the housemaid’s secret by frieda mcfadden / oct. 7-11 / 2 stars
  39. vampires in the lemon grove and other stories by karen russell / oct. 11-17 / 3 stars
  40. how to kill men and get away with it by katy brent / oct. 17-20 / 3 stars
  41. only if you’re lucky by stacy willingham / oct. 20-26 / 3 stars
#feel like I’ve read so many just mid things this year rip#allison’s reading log
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2024 reading log

  1. what would jane austen do? by linda corbett / dec. 31-jan. 5 / 3 stars
  2. exit strategy by martha wells / jan. 7-9 / 4 stars
  3. the wake-up call by beth o'leary / jan. 10-11 / 3 stars
  4. red seas under red skies by scott lynch / jan. 15-feb. 3 / 4 stars
  5. emily wilde’s map of the otherlands by heather fawcett / feb. 4-8 / 5 stars
  6. in the woods by tana french / feb. 9-19 / 4 stars
  7. network effect by martha wells / feb. 19-28 / 4.5 stars
  8. the martian chronicles by ray bradbury / feb. 28-mar. 5 / 4 stars
  9. chain gang all-stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / mar. 6-10 / 5 stars
  10. the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab / mar. 11-apr. 14 / 4 stars
  11. interesting facts about space by emily r. austin / apr. 14-18 / 4 stars
  12. the no-show by beth o’leary / apr. 18-21 / 3 stars
  13. not that kind of guy by andie j. christopher / apr. 22-may 1 / 2 stars
  14. bright young women by jessica knoll / may 1-8 / 5 stars
  15. funny story by emily henry / may 10-11 / 4 stars
  16. annie bot by sierra greer / may 11-19 / 4 stars
  17. the familiar by leigh bardugo / may 22-30 / 3 stars
  18. how to end a love story by yulin kuang / may 301-jun. 1 / 2 stars
  19. the family game by catherine steadman / jun. 1-5 / 2 stars
  20. dark places by gillian flynn / jun. 7-12 / 3 stars
  21. fugitive telemetry by martha wells / jun. 13-14 / 4 stars
  22. tomorrow sex will be good again: women and desire in the age of consent by katherine angel / jun. 14 / 4 stars
  23. the war of the worlds by h.g. wells / jun. 15-19 / 4 stars
  24. the likeness by tana french / jun. 20-jul. 1 / 4 stars
  25. so late in the day by claire keegan / jul. 1 / 4 stars
  26. with love, from cold world by alicia thompson / jul. 2-4 / 4 stars
  27. stone cold fox by rachel koller croft / jul. 4-8 / 3 stars
  28. friday black by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / jul. 8-12 / 4 stars
  29. the art of catching feelings by alicia thompson / jul. 12-15 / 3 stars
  30. the night shift by alex finlay / jul. 16-22 / 3 stars
  31. system collapse by martha wells / jul. 22-28 / 4 stars
  32. the vulnerables by sigrid nunez / jul. 29-aug. 4 / 3 stars
  33. the days of abandonment by elena ferrante / aug. 13-18 / 3 stars
  34. you should be so lucky by cat sebastian / aug. 18-21 / 5 stars
  35. faithful place by tana french / aug. 22-sep. 7 / 4 stars
  36. the housemaid by frieda mcfadden / sep. 11-14 / 2 stars
  37. trust by hernan diaz / sep. 14-29 / 3 stars
#allison’s reading log
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2024 reading log

  1. what would jane austen do? by linda corbett / dec. 31-jan. 5 / 3 stars
  2. exit strategy by martha wells / jan. 7-9 / 4 stars
  3. the wake-up call by beth o'leary / jan. 10-11 / 3 stars
  4. red seas under red skies by scott lynch / jan. 15-feb. 3 / 4 stars
  5. emily wilde’s map of the otherlands by heather fawcett / feb. 4-8 / 5 stars
  6. in the woods by tana french / feb. 9-19 / 4 stars
  7. network effect by martha wells / feb. 19-28 / 4.5 stars
  8. the martian chronicles by ray bradbury / feb. 28-mar. 5 / 4 stars
  9. chain gang all-stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / mar. 6-10 / 5 stars
  10. the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab / mar. 11-apr. 14 / 4 stars
  11. interesting facts about space by emily r. austin / apr. 14-18 / 4 stars
  12. the no-show by beth o’leary / apr. 18-21 / 3 stars
  13. not that kind of guy by andie j. christopher / apr. 22-may 1 / 2 stars
  14. bright young women by jessica knoll / may 1-8 / 5 stars
  15. funny story by emily henry / may 10-11 / 4 stars
  16. annie bot by sierra greer / may 11-19 / 4 stars
  17. the familiar by leigh bardugo / may 22-30 / 3 stars
  18. how to end a love story by yulin kuang / may 301-jun. 1 / 2 stars
  19. the family game by catherine steadman / jun. 1-5 / 2 stars
  20. dark places by gillian flynn / jun. 7-12 / 3 stars
  21. fugitive telemetry by martha wells / jun. 13-14 / 4 stars
  22. tomorrow sex will be good again: women and desire in the age of consent by katherine angel / jun. 14 / 4 stars
  23. the war of the worlds by h.g. wells / jun. 15-19 / 4 stars
  24. the likeness by tana french / jun. 20-jul. 1 / 4 stars
  25. so late in the day by claire keegan / jul. 1 / 4 stars
  26. with love, from cold world by alicia thompson / jul. 2-4 / 4 stars
  27. stone cold fox by rachel koller croft / jul. 4-8 / 3 stars
  28. friday black by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / jul. 8-12 / 4 stars
  29. the art of catching feelings by alicia thompson / jul. 12-15 / 3 stars
  30. the night shift by alex finlay / jul. 16-22 / 3 stars
  31. system collapse by martha wells / jul. 22-28 / 4 stars
  32. the vulnerables by sigrid nunez / jul. 29-aug. 4 / 3 stars
  33. the days of abandonment by elena ferrante / aug. 13-18 / 3 stars
  34. you should be so lucky by cat sebastian / aug. 18-21 / 5 stars
#you should be so lucky was soooooooo good#so much baseball#great romance#love it#allison’s reading log
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2024 reading log

  1. what would jane austen do? by linda corbett / dec. 31-jan. 5 / 3 stars
  2. exit strategy by martha wells / jan. 7-9 / 4 stars
  3. the wake-up call by beth o'leary / jan. 10-11 / 3 stars
  4. red seas under red skies by scott lynch / jan. 15-feb. 3 / 4 stars
  5. emily wilde’s map of the otherlands by heather fawcett / feb. 4-8 / 5 stars
  6. in the woods by tana french / feb. 9-19 / 4 stars
  7. network effect by martha wells / feb. 19-28 / 4.5 stars
  8. the martian chronicles by ray bradbury / feb. 28-mar. 5 / 4 stars
  9. chain gang all-stars by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / mar. 6-10 / 5 stars
  10. the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab / mar. 11-apr. 14 / 4 stars
  11. interesting facts about space by emily r. austin / apr. 14-18 / 4 stars
  12. the no-show by beth o’leary / apr. 18-21 / 3 stars
  13. not that kind of guy by andie j. christopher / apr. 22-may 1 / 2 stars
  14. bright young women by jessica knoll / may 1-8 / 5 stars
  15. funny story by emily henry / may 10-11 / 4 stars
  16. annie bot by sierra greer / may 11-19 / 4 stars
  17. the familiar by leigh bardugo / may 22-30 / 3 stars
  18. how to end a love story by yulin kuang / may 301-jun. 1 / 2 stars
  19. the family game by catherine steadman / jun. 1-5 / 2 stars
  20. dark places by gillian flynn / jun. 7-12 / 3 stars
  21. fugitive telemetry by martha wells / jun. 13-14 / 4 stars
  22. tomorrow sex will be good again: women and desire in the age of consent by katherine angel / jun. 14 / 4 stars
  23. the war of the worlds by h.g. wells / jun. 15-19 / 4 stars
  24. the likeness by tana french / jun. 20-jul. 1 / 4 stars
  25. so late in the day by claire keegan / jul. 1 / 4 stars
  26. with love, from cold world by alicia thompson / jul. 2-4 / 4 stars
  27. stone cold fox by rachel koller croft / jul. 4-8 / 3 stars
  28. friday black by nana kwame adjei-brenyah / jul. 8-12 / 4 stars
  29. the art of catching feelings by alicia thompson / jul. 12-15 / 3 stars
  30. the night shift by alex finlay / jul. 16-22 / 3 stars
  31. system collapse by martha wells / jul. 22-28 / 4 stars
#heartbroken about giving an alicia thompson 3 stars but alas#and one so up my alley too#allison’s reading log
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like with lolita I feel like even when people are defending the book they tend to go too far in the wrong direction and flatten it into "well obviously the book isn't sympathetic towards pedophilia, you're supposed to hate humbert and think he's disgusting at all times" and I just feel like that's reductive bc like. the book is absolutely not sympathetic towards pedophilia but imo you ARE supposed to find humbert funny and kind of tragic and charming and that's like. the point! like he's intentionally written to be all these things!

if the book wanted to just be like. a straightforward condemnation of pedophilia, then humbert wouldn't be the narrator. but it's not a book about child sexual abuse being bad -- like that kind of goes without saying, you don't really need to argue it -- it's a book about the ways humbert justifies his abuse to himself, and to the audience. it's a book that's largely about how stories are told, and the way personal and cultural narratives can be used to justify even the worst imaginable behavior. humbert doesn't describe himself abusing a child, he describes himself being 'seduced' by a 'nymphet'; he likens his relationship to that of dante and beatrice or petrarch and laureen to establish historical legitimacy and lend a sort of tragic romanticism to it. it almost feels like the book is less focused on the story itself, and more on the way humbert spins it. he isn't written to be an obviously hateable monster, he's written to be erudite and tragic and funny, and that's because the book isn't trying to teach you that child abuse is bad, it's demonstrating the ways that being erudite and tragic and funny can be used to normalize and justify something that you already know is bad. imo it's largely a book about the ways that someone can construct a mythology to convince themselves of anything, and how if we don't think critically about what we're told then we can fall into the same trap.

it's also absolutely a story about reading past the lines to figure out what's actually going on. like it's funny that the book has become such a touchstone for discourse about Media Literacy bc I really think that 'media literacy' is like. one of the core themes. like the book kind of requires that you ignore the way humbert writes to make out what he's actually describing; the worse his behavior gets, the more flowery and beautiful his writing becomes. the story the book tells if you buy into humbert's mythology and the story it tells if you don't are dramatically different.

like the ways that the book depicts dolores suffering are there, but you almost have to read past the narrative humbert presents to see them, right? like when he complains about dolores being irritable and cruel and moody, he's presenting the picture of a fickle and unreasonable WOMAN who is toying with his emotions. but when you read what he's actually describing instead of the way he describes it, it reads like a fact sheet on spotting child abuse! she has mood swings, she lashes out at people, nothing makes her happy, she cries herself to sleep most nights. if we read humbert's account at face value, she's a fickle seductress who gets a sick thrill out of hurting him; if we recognize his bias and intentions in writing it, she's a deeply depressed and traumatized child still attempting to resist her abuser despite everything she's been through. like it's as close to an exercise in 'media literacy' as a book can get in that regard.

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typewriter-worries

people will read books they Do Not Like™ and then wonder why they hate reading

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"i don't like long books" read short ones. "i don't like prose" try poetry. "i don't want to pay for a book i might not even like" go to your local library.

reading is the hobby that you make it; make it something you like.

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seeing this mentioned in the tags, but for the love of all that is good and holy please stop making yourself read books you don't like. you know yourself better than any curation or recommendation, if you're not enjoying it, you can put it down.

reading for leisure is supposed to be fun. you can't have fun if you're actively robbing yourself of joy while you do it!

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