Vanessa’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Vanessa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Vanessa Walters
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| I thoroughly enjoyed this. Lisa Jewell is a master of suspenseful writing and playing with the reader's expectations. Although the story is crafted pretty sparingly - without a ton of backstory, Jewell creates meaty characters that you're immediately ...more | |
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| Ordinary Notes broke and remade me. The note form keeps things from ever feeling formulaic. All that needs to be said is said, nothing more, nothing less. It goes so deep, yet strangely light. It would be too easy to feel weighed down by the often ac ...more | |
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Every few years, I read it again, sometimes more, sometimes less, as needed. I love a book that grows with me - like Beloved - like Jane Eyre - that I find my way back to with more questions. This book will never cease to interest me, for its themes i ...more |
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Vanessa Walters
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counter-hegemonicon's review
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Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World:
"Bro soooo sophomoric, so self-indulgent, so paternalistic, and utterly representative of the vanity of the white left. All of these “revelations” have been made by black people for at least a century, and if you had the humility to listen to us about"
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"This book was nice in that it added a new perspective in gay literature as it took place in Nigeria. However, it is yet another sad gay book with unremarkable and difficult characters. I get that authors want to show a realistic experience, but as a "
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Heartbreaking and gripping I only planned to read a little but the voice gripped me and I couldn't put this down. Painful and brave, I’ve never read anything quite like it. ...more |
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"In the style of Brandon Taylor:
Text, insufferable, pretentious: laced with ennui. Applicable also to the characters, who exist in their entirety on the same plane of listlessness while you the reader, remain naive enough to believe you can differenti" Read more of this review » |
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“If she stayed in bed all day, the meals were still made, the flat still cleaned, the children taken care of, the lawn watered and trimmed. The message was clear. She was irrelevant. Free to go—without the children, of course.”
― The Nigerwife
― The Nigerwife
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Hooked on Books : Name Game:Geri & Alyana | 128 | 35 | May 23, 2023 04:26AM | |
| Turn of a Page: Geri's Dinner Party (COMPLETED) | 115 | 26 | Jun 16, 2023 10:14AM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: The Infinity Saga | 507 | 151 | Jul 14, 2023 07:40PM | |
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The Lost Challenges:
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44 | 34 | Aug 02, 2023 07:09AM | |
| Turn of a Page: Geri's Stadium Tour | 95 | 13 | Aug 04, 2023 12:18AM | |
| The Lost Challenges: July 2023 Stand Alone | 49 | 33 | Aug 08, 2023 01:30PM | |
| The Lost Challenges: BFTP: I'm a Barbie Girl | 126 | 236 | Aug 28, 2023 09:50AM |
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