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| | # | cover | title | author | isbn | isbn13 | asin | pages | rating | ratings | pub | (ed.) | rating | my rating | review | notes | | comments | votes | count | started | read | addedDown arrow | | owned | | | format | | | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | --------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | ------ | | | checkbox | position | cover Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell | title Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell | author Russell, Marta | isbn 1608466868 | isbn13 9781608466863 | asin 1608466868 | num pages 228pp | avg rating 4.45 | num ratings 381 | date pub Aug 06, 2019 | date pub edition Aug 06, 2019 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 06, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve | title Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve | author Afualo, Drew | isbn 0374614059 | isbn13 9780374614058 | asin 0374614059 | num pages 256pp | avg rating 4.41 | num ratings 10,660 | date pub Jul 30, 2024 | date pub edition Jul 30, 2024 | Jordan's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Super Duper good. Highly recommend you give this to any girl age 13-30. I was apprehensive at first because I refuse to acknowledge “influencer” cultu Super Duper good. Highly recommend you give this to any girl age 13-30. I was apprehensive at first because I refuse to acknowledge “influencer” culture as a legitimate form of being an adult, but Drew has a very interesting presence online and I wanted to hear more about herself. If you know who Drew is you know her job is to be mean to men online, and spoiler! People fucking hate it. I’m personally a fan of it, even if I don’t always agree with the sentiment, I got where she was coming from. And this made me understand on a much deeper level why she does what she does.Overall she delves into topics about body neutrality, relationships with yourself and others, and how she got to the point she is at with her proximity to men. I think she does it in a very personal way where she isn’t trying to teach theory, but have conversation to make you think about how it can/does show up in your own life. It really truly made me think a lot about myself and I cried a lot, like a lot a lot. And I know what you’re saying, I be crying, but that means it’s good!!!I listened to the Audiobook, which Drew herself reads, and I think if I read it physically I wouldn’t have liked it as much. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 20, 2024 | date read Oct 27, 2024 | date added Oct 20, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Manacled | title Manacled | author SenLinYu * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0DM4Z29JP | num pages 1,458pp | avg rating 4.64 | num ratings 97,744 | date pub Feb 05, 2000 | date pub edition Apr 27, 2018 | Jordan's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Long winded review coming soon | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 3 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 13, 2024 | date read Oct 26, 2024 | date added Oct 13, 2024 | owned | format ebook | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Chain-Gang All-Stars | title Chain-Gang All-Stars | author Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame * | isbn 0593317335 | isbn13 9780593317334 | asin 0593317335 | num pages 367pp | avg rating 4.13 | num ratings 61,948 | date pub May 02, 2023 | date pub edition May 02, 2023 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 30, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Then She Was Gone | title Then She Was Gone | author Jewell, Lisa * | isbn 1501154648 | isbn13 9781501154645 | asin 1501154648 | num pages 359pp | avg rating 4.05 | num ratings 788,403 | date pub Jul 27, 2017 | date pub edition Apr 17, 2018 | Jordan's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Excuse me, just passing through. This was a recommendation from my mom and was a good little mystery that kept me engaged pretty much the entire time. Excuse me, just passing through. This was a recommendation from my mom and was a good little mystery that kept me engaged pretty much the entire time. You were dealing with some…interesting people and I liked getting in the head of 4 of the main characters. Very well written, author did a fine job making some nasty shit digestible. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 26, 2024 | date read Sep 28, 2024 | date added Sep 28, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital | title Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital | author Fink, Sheri | isbn 0307718964 | isbn13 9780307718969 | asin 0307718964 | num pages 558pp | avg rating 3.93 | num ratings 36,668 | date pub Sep 10, 2013 | date pub edition Sep 10, 2013 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 13, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover All My Rage | title All My Rage | author Tahir, Sabaa * | isbn 0593202341 | isbn13 9780593202340 | asin 0593202341 | num pages 376pp | avg rating 4.50 | num ratings 54,414 | date pub Mar 01, 2022 | date pub edition Mar 01, 2022 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) | title Throne of Glass(Throne of Glass, #1) | author Maas, Sarah J. * | isbn 163973094X | isbn13 9781639730940 | asin 163973094X | num pages 406pp | avg rating 4.18 | num ratings 1,811,607 | date pub Aug 07, 2012 | date pub edition Feb 14, 2023 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Aug 11, 2024 | date read not set | date added Aug 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America | title The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America | author Boorstin, Daniel J. | isbn 0679741801 | isbn13 9780679741800 | asin 0679741801 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 4.07 | num ratings 1,275 | date pub 1961 | date pub edition Sep 01, 1992 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 07, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Seven Days in June | title Seven Days in June | author Williams, Tia * | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 336pp | avg rating 4.01 | num ratings 178,297 | date pub Jun 01, 2021 | date pub edition Jun 01, 2021 | Jordan's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This is worth all the hype it gets for suuuurree. Reading this after Not in Love is humbling for my loyalty to the Hazelwoodverse because this had ver This is worth all the hype it gets for suuuurree. Reading this after Not in Love is humbling for my loyalty to the Hazelwoodverse because this had very similar tropes that were done very well. I did also cry, so congrats on that 5th star Ms. Williams! Highly recommend, this is probably my fav contemporary romance this year! ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 22, 2024 | date read Aug 08, 2024 | date added Jul 22, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Book Censor's Library | title The Book Censor's Library | author Al-Essa, Bothayna | isbn 1632063344 | isbn13 9781632063342 | asin 1632063344 | num pages 272pp | avg rating 4.03 | num ratings 478 | date pub Apr 30, 2024 | date pub edition Apr 30, 2024 | Jordan's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review SO good. This is a Fahrenheit 451 retelling if it had a personality and was not written by a depressed white man. Because for some reason it is so har SO good. This is a Fahrenheit 451 retelling if it had a personality and was not written by a depressed white man. Because for some reason it is so hard for them to write complex characters AND a complex society. Anyways, this is a quick read which I think kept the pacing very consistent and interesting. Ms. Al-Essa did her thing with this for real, it was so cool to see the writing progression as our narrator has more exposure to literature. I would recommend to anyone looking for a dystopian read that isn’t too existential but still makes you think critically (but it’s still sad (yes I cried) just fair warning). ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 20, 2024 | date read Jul 21, 2024 | date added Jul 20, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Love on the Brain | title Love on the Brain | author Hazelwood, Ali * | isbn 1408725789 | isbn13 9781408725788 | asin B09JSDVS8Y | num pages 368pp | avg rating 3.91 | num ratings 513,635 | date pub Aug 23, 2022 | date pub edition Aug 23, 2022 | Jordan's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jan 2023 | date read not set | date added Jul 15, 2024 | owned | format ebook | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Love Hypothesis | title The Love Hypothesis | author Hazelwood, Ali * | isbn 0593336828 | isbn13 9780593336823 | asin 0593336828 | num pages 373pp | avg rating 4.13 | num ratings 1,529,917 | date pub Sep 14, 2021 | date pub edition Sep 14, 2021 | Jordan's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Jul 15, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Not in Love | title Not in Love | author Hazelwood, Ali * | isbn 1408728915 | isbn13 9781408728918 | asin B0CHKK5QQL | num pages 384pp | avg rating 3.65 | num ratings 156,519 | date pub Jun 11, 2024 | date pub edition Jun 11, 2024 | Jordan's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review **spoiler alert** Insane Ali drop. Should I actively start reaching out to authors to ask why? Because I keep leaving books with more questions then a **spoiler alert** Insane Ali drop. Should I actively start reaching out to authors to ask why? Because I keep leaving books with more questions then answers. Unfortunately, I did not like this one. AND I’M A HAZELWOOD TRUTHER! I read the first 100 pages of this book and cringed so hard I put it down and gave it to Annie to read. I thought maybe I wasn’t in the mood for it and my homegirl would pick me back up; but when she didn’t like it I pondered my options. I chose to muscle through the rest of it in one go because I knew I wouldn’t finish it in a new day. However, reading it straight through, I did just accept the characters for who they are and the ride I’ve forced myself to go on. TW: Complaining. I did not like the confessions. I was jarred by these tense moment interrupted by trauma dumps. I’m not necessarily saying the book is too heavy, in fact I find it hard to connect with two characters and their difficult pasts, while reading 30 seconds prior that Eli, wants to bend her over? Combine this conversational bit with the insta-lust trope and I just shake my head while feeling like a southern baptist grandma! I know I’m in the minority here though and give it bonus points for something new? I knew Florence was evil from the moment she was introduced as boss friend, you can sit on that how you want. So while the general plot was good I knew what was happening due to my expertise in the Hazelwoodverse. Now, the biggie…I LOATHED Eli. As soon as we got to the epilogue, and he got down on one knee I knew I was done hearing a single word out of his mouth. I think it was the manic pixie dream girl affect along with the absolute cringe of him being the epitome of “oh no! not my feminist literature!” I did not want to be in that man’s head anymore. I know he did it for thousands of ladies out there, but man, KEEP HIM! Admittedly, he never did anything wrong and I think he’s a good guy that will treat his girl well. But that’s his girl ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 3 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 14, 2024 | date read Jul 14, 2024 | date added Jul 14, 2024 | owned | format ebook | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook | title Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook | author Bourdain, Anthony | isbn 0061998060 | isbn13 9780061998065 | asin B003JBI2WU | num pages 288pp | avg rating 3.86 | num ratings 44,788 | date pub Jun 08, 2010 | date pub edition Jun 08, 2010 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Jun 09, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Normal People | title Normal People | author Rooney, Sally * | isbn 1984822179 | isbn13 9781984822178 | asin 1984822179 | num pages 273pp | avg rating 3.81 | num ratings 1,548,833 | date pub Aug 28, 2018 | date pub edition Apr 16, 2019 | Jordan's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review **spoiler alert** I don’t know what it says about me, but this is one of my GOAT books and it will continue to stay that way. I have spent four years **spoiler alert** I don’t know what it says about me, but this is one of my GOAT books and it will continue to stay that way. I have spent four years with this story and every time I find it more interesting and feel like I take different things from it. Shoutout to Janay Clark for an excellent character analysis because Sally Rooney couldn’t have said it better herself. These are two people born with deep shame and unease in the world, and it’s scary to figure it out alone. Once they find each other, their identities begin to rely on the others validation, something they desperately crave but have no idea how to communicate. This leads to a warping of individual v. relationship and because neither knows what they’re actually striving for, they always fall short and end up hurting each other. What I love is this is how normal people act *wink wink* to varying degrees. We are all instinctually seeking to have our needs/wants met; and whether that be love, success, security, experience, etc. when whatever it is doesn’t work out, we presume it is something wrong with oneself. And where can you look when you can’t look inward? Now, now, not everyone has a clinical case like Marianne and Connell here, but I don’t believe for one second that not everyone on this planet has looked to another person for validation that they are good and worthy of the life they desire. So yeah, I rejoice this Irish tragedy with my highest regard! And if you don’t like it I get it! I already love reading bad reviews of books I like, but with this one I get more then you know. This entire book doesn’t have quotation marks, that’s weird man. This also isn’t a book with beautiful prose; it’s choppy and the timeline stops abruptly to change to a whole different month in the middle of one scene. The fact that you literally are back at point A by the end of the book is infuriating and makes me contemplate the aftermath every time. I believe they’re 22 and still have a lot of life left, and will inevitably find each other again and again. But a happily ever after? Not unless there is some weekly medical intervention for both of them. But there is something beautiful about having people out there that know you and love you, old and new versions of you. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Jun 02, 2024 | date read Jul 07, 2024 | date added Jun 02, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Down the Drain | title Down the Drain | author Fox, Julia | isbn 1668011506 | isbn13 9781668011508 | asin 1668011506 | num pages 318pp | avg rating 4.39 | num ratings 57,573 | date pub Oct 10, 2023 | date pub edition Oct 10, 2023 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added May 22, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Funny Story | title Funny Story | author Henry, Emily * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0CCNBRNRQ | num pages 400pp | avg rating 4.24 | num ratings 697,302 | date pub Apr 23, 2024 | date pub edition Apr 23, 2024 | Jordan's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review A cute little small town romance to get summer kicked off. I would love if I could call Mrs. Henry for advice at any point because homegirl has a pers A cute little small town romance to get summer kicked off. I would love if I could call Mrs. Henry for advice at any point because homegirl has a perspective on life that is so fascinating I need to hear more about it. There were multiple points where I felt a brain-melting level of self-contemplation. My cringe for this book was the reoccurring good-food-moan that our FMC does. I get it once, twice I understand what we’re suggesting, but to make it as a personality trait was annoying. I never want to meet someone that moans every time they have a really good cherry. Have some decorum. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 3 | # times read 1 | date started May 12, 2024 | date read May 26, 2024 | date added May 12, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Poverty, by America | title Poverty, by America | author Desmond, Matthew * | isbn 0593239911 | isbn13 9780593239919 | asin 0593239911 | num pages 284pp | avg rating 4.27 | num ratings 46,146 | date pub Mar 21, 2023 | date pub edition Mar 21, 2023 | Jordan's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Matthew Desmon is truly a man I admire after reading this and Evicted (to be transparent Evicted has been read in parts through 4 years of a Poli Sci Matthew Desmon is truly a man I admire after reading this and Evicted (to be transparent Evicted has been read in parts through 4 years of a Poli Sci degree). Like how do you keep people engaged while reading policy breakdowns, but he does it with some real swag. It’s still very easy to read and understand. I would highly highly recommend to everyone (frankly put it in the school curriculum) because this offers very raw breakdown of the way poverty is upheld, by all of us. It took me a while to read because I truly wanted to absorb it all but I would read 5 pages and then my mind would wander on how we absolutely fuck people in broad daylight. One my biggest takeaways, which was brought up multiple times, was the idea of America perpetuating “Public Squalor and Private Opulence”. Because we have so much fucking money!!!! And you will hear from every politician, right or left, “but how do we get the money for it ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 2 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started May 11, 2024 | date read Oct 06, 2024 | date added May 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Just Kids | title Just Kids | author Smith, Patti * | isbn 006621131X | isbn13 9780066211312 | asin 006621131X | num pages 262pp | avg rating 4.21 | num ratings 304,381 | date pub Jan 19, 2010 | date pub edition Mar 26, 2010 | Jordan's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added May 10, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |

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