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366 reviews

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

2.0

could put even the most clinically insane insomniacs into a deep slumber

perfect for thanking the lord that you didn't take shakespeare in college lit

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

2.5

high school me was right when they frequently looked but never picked up this book 

perfect for following dinner with your writing bestie and wondering what works y'all should put up for publishing

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

4.0

added to my middle school Dual Survival delusions

Perfect for audiobook racing through while planning your own interview survival guide

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

3.75

Many heavy hitters, a few flops, countless moments of sheer horror. Everything I look for in a short story anthology plus a beautiful and grossly entrancing introduction to Indigenous fiction

Perfect for slowly working your way through as the stories are too horrifying when compounded with the grueling tales of

~child psych~

Modern Poetry: Poems by Diane Seuss

3.0

Liked the one about the dad dying. Can't tell if she wants to be Sylvia Plath or to be with Sylvia Plath*

Perfect for those early work mornings iwth your head pressed into the steering wheel, car horn outcrying the trauma of hospital-trapped children's souls

*

we all want to be with sylvia plath

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

2.5

Everything you hated about Call Me By Your Name but make it lesbian and Worse

Perfect for spurring a break in your exasperated search for something anything good enough to introduce a gay person to spice

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

3.5

What's better than medium rare penguin meat, rat kissing, and ice sawing on a freezing ship? 

Perfect for pregaming your own arctic adventure and gasping at glacier opportunities

Mina by Matthew Forsythe

3.75

Highlighting the importance of mutual aid and teaching stick bugs how to read

Perfect for a full circle moment of cuteness

Open Me...I'm a Dog! by Art Spiegelman

3.5

Sad... I miss my dog... 

Perfect for pregaming a parking lot Target resale market

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

3.5

thought pigeon would drive the bus like at least once

Perfect for fully immersing one's self in the Pigeon Museum Library