2024 reading log ⤴

january

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick

4.0/5

enjoyed this book for sure. i feel like some plot points were underdeveloped, and i feel like the ending was a bit too fast-paced. was still overall a fun read though

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february

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

2.5/5

had to read this book for school.

wasn't really enjoyable for me. the stream of consciousness style writing is cool in theory, but i feel like the way it was executed made the book really hard to read – especially with the type of language faulkner uses. definitely has interesting themes, though.

in terms of characters, i liked cash and vardaman in particular. dewey dell deserved better, and anse is a piece of shit father

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march

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

4.0/5

bookbug read. more info here

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june

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

5.0/5

bookbug read. more info here

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october

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

3.5/5

bookbug read. more info here

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december

The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata

3.0/5

another school read. it was okay, i guess. i liked the themes of aging and memory and the use of dreams and newspapers as symbols. shingo is weird about tits and shoulders though