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| title The Eyes Are the Best Part | author Kim, Monika * | isbn 1645661253 | isbn13 9781645661252 | asin B0CK5BQ7G7 | num pages 284pp | avg rating 3.88 | num ratings 13,524 | date pub Jun 25, 2024 | date pub edition Jun 25, 2024 | Anu'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 Cannibalism is intersectional, I guess. Although, to be fair, if my mother started dating a vile racist named George who fetishised me, my looks, and Cannibalism is intersectional, I guess. Although, to be fair, if my mother started dating a vile racist named George who fetishised me, my looks, and my culture, I'd probably eat his eyes too. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 4 | # times read 1 | date started Jul 20, 2024 | date read Jul 21, 2024 | date added Sep 04, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Annie Bot | author Greer, Sierra * | isbn 0063312719 | isbn13 9780063312715 | asin B0C592GCFG | num pages 298pp | avg rating 3.83 | num ratings 34,060 | date pub Mar 19, 2024 | date pub edition Mar 19, 2024 | Anu'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 not set | date read not set | date added Jun 08, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | |
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| title Origin(Robert Langdon, #5) | author Brown, Dan * | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 482pp | avg rating 3.89 | num ratings 335,680 | date pub Oct 03, 2017 | date pub edition Oct 03, 2017 | Anu's rating did not like it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review When A-- H-- woke up this morning, at the crack of dawn, she was in no way prepared for the absolute dismay she would have to face during the day. As When A-- H-- woke up this morning, at the crack of dawn, she was in no way prepared for the absolute dismay she would have to face during the day. As she pulled her long, black hair into a bun, she contemplated the decision she had made the previous night. She had decided, bravely, to read Dan Brown's new treatise on the amalgamation of history and technology, religion and science. As she thumbed through the massive tome, she was, despite her initial trepidation, caught unawares of how crummy the book was going to be. You see, in this opus, Anuradha had to face her worst enemy yet. Purple prose coupled with a storyline so dreadful, she had to prod herself into finishing it. Anuradha was no quitter. She had endured much worse before. As she boarded the metro for her morning class, she looked at her reflection in the window of the train and sighed. Today was going to be a long day. It was in no way going to help the bags under her eyes, but she knew she had to do it. She had to prove it to herself, if nothing else. It was like nothing she had read before. She read in horror as she saw Langdon fly into his "white male saviour" mode and try and save the world in a day. "If he can save the world in one day, I can read this book in the same time", she reflected. She had read enough of Brown's books to know that her troubles had only just began. She chuckled to herself wisely, knowingly. She knew what was coming, and she was prepared for it. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder, how much preparation was enough preparation? She took deep, calming breaths and trudged along. She gave a small yelp of pain as she read about every leap, jump, explosion, care chase and art piece mentioned. "Great, there has to be JARVIS in this", she muttered to herself, as her neighbour looked at her with disgust. Little did he know about exactly how much was at stake. She groaned as she read about the quintessential "assassin", the hot lady, her other love interest and the old-fashioned people determined to hurt Langdon. She gave an inward chuckle when she concluded that of course, Langdon wouldn't be the one hurt. Little by little, she started piecing the plot together, when alas, she had to get down for her class. Her German class, though usually interesting, held little interest for her today. All she wanted was more time to figure out who the villain was, and to know if her prediction was right. But as it had to, on such a crucial day, time was a total shrew. Anuradha practically ran out of the class, her arms and legs flailing around her. She didn't find a seat on the way back, so she had to manage standing. It was okay. Everything would be okay if she was right. "I can bet that (view spoiler)[JARVIS (hide spoiler)] is the villain", she texted her brother, but alas, the train went underground and she lost network. She cursed in the dark and continued to read the damned book. Soon, as it had to happen, her stop came and she had to get down again. "This book is going around in circles. Why do all books have to be the same. And why do they have to be so big?" she grumbled. She was hungry, tired, and just wanted the ordeal to be over. She looked up at the sky, groaned because of the sun, and began her long walk home. Heavy bag on her back, and a doorstopper of a book in her hand. She was only halfway done, and she didn't know if she would survive the day. "Tell mom and dad I love them", she texted her brother again. "Stop being so melodramatic", he texted back. You're going to be just fine. She gave a grim half-smile to herself. Little did he know. Halfway through the book, though, she was tempted to take the wise princess Elsa's advice and let it go, but she persisted. This was her Everest and she was going to conquer it. She sipped her coke and continued, rubbing her perspiring brow and kneading her forehead. She was going to do it. She was going to weave through the copious info dump and live through the terrible storyline. "I can finish it. I am sure of it", she whispered to herself and smiled. And then, she reached *that* part of the book. The part where Dan Brown tries to (and he really does try) make it as dramatic as possible, but she pretty much knew what was coming. There was no surprised gasp when she read it. A knowing smile, yes. She knew where he was going with this. To her, it was very obvious. "Could really be this easy? This weak?" she thought to herself. (view spoiler)["I mean, we have been talking about singularity for years. It's pretty much a given", she said to herself. "This only reiterates my conclusion about JARVIS". (hide spoiler)] It went much faster from there, after all, she was almost at the end. (view spoiler)["Ha ha, Brown, making the the Father and the father gay", she thought, and then grinned at herself. She was good with puns, she was. Of course there had to be that element of "forbidden love". Which Langdon book is complete without that? (hide spoiler)] "You have got to stop making these things so obvious, my dear Brown", she thought. "Just a few more pages, you can do it", she pushed herself. "You'll get a chance to write that review you've been meaning to, you know how much you want to do it", she said to herself. And then, suddenly, she screamed, "I knew it, I knew it. You're predictable as fuck Langdon", as her mother looked at her in amusement. (view spoiler)["Breaking the laws of robotics, ha Brown? Trying to mess with the truth?", she said softly. (hide spoiler)] And then, suddenly, she was free. She had done it. She had finished the book. She could breathe the air around her, enjoy the chirping of the birds. She smiled softly to herself. She had done it. She was victorious. The next book was going to be another adventure. Another day. She also hoped to herself, beyond hope, that maybe some day, Dan Brown will actually learn to write. "Well, a girl can dream", she thought. If you think this review is terrible, imagine how bad the book was. I tried making it Dan Brown-esque, but I don't think I was very successful in my attempt. Purple prose is not my strength. Parts of it have been overdramatised for effect. I will never wake up at the crack of dawn. Of course, it's missing symbols, codes and poetry, but this was all the time I had. Maybe I'll build on this when I have more time.The book though, is just awful. I appreciate that Brown takes time before his books to do his "research", I do. I also understand that Asimov's laws aren't the gospel truth. If you've churned out some seven books, however, this doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that the research and language are still shite. Essentially, I have nothing to look forward to here. Also, please for the sake of all that is sane and good, the obsessive and excessive describing of everything needs to stop. It makes my head hurt. There is such a thing as too much, and this book was just that. I will give Danny this though, this book was leaps and bounds better than his previous book, and even marginally better than his third. -- INITIAL REVIEW: Once was fun, twice was okay. The fourth time had me saying "kill me now". Curiosity killed the cat, and someday it will kill Anuradha. Will it be this book that does the trick? We can only wait...Side note: The final cover of the book hasn't been released yet, and the expected date of publication is a good eight months from now. How does this book already have a rating of 3.89? Me wonders.Merged review:When A-- H-- woke up this morning, at the crack of dawn, she was in no way prepared for the absolute dismay she would have to face during the day. As she pulled her long, black hair into a bun, she contemplated the decision she had made the previous night. She had decided, bravely, to read Dan Brown's new treatise on the amalgamation of history and technology, religion and science. As she thumbed through the massive tome, she was, despite her initial trepidation, caught unawares of how crummy the book was going to be. You see, in this opus, Anuradha had to face her worst enemy yet. Purple prose coupled with a storyline so dreadful, she had to prod herself into finishing it. Anuradha was no quitter. She had endured much worse before. As she boarded the metro for her morning class, she looked at her reflection in the window of the train and sighed. Today was going to be a long day. It was in no way going to help the bags under her eyes, but she knew she had to do it. She had to prove it to herself, if nothing else. It was like nothing she had read before. She read in horror as she saw Langdon fly into his "white male saviour" mode and try and save the world in a day. "If he can save the world in one day, I can read this book in the same time", she reflected. She had read enough of Brown's books to know that her troubles had only just began. She chuckled to herself wisely, knowingly. She knew what was coming, and she was prepared for it. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder, how much preparation was enough preparation? She took deep, calming breaths and trudged along. She gave a small yelp of pain as she read about every leap, jump, explosion, care chase and art piece mentioned. "Great, there has to be JARVIS in this", she muttered to herself, as her neighbour looked at her with disgust. Little did he know about exactly how much was at stake. She groaned as she read about the quintessential "assassin", the hot lady, her other love interest and the old-fashioned people determined to hurt Langdon. She gave an inward chuckle when she concluded that of course, Langdon wouldn't be the one hurt. Little by little, she started piecing the plot together, when alas, she had to get down for her class. Her German class, though usually interesting, held little interest for her today. All she wanted was more time to figure out who the villain was, and to know if her prediction was right. But as it had to, on such a crucial day, time was a total shrew. Anuradha practically ran out of the class, her arms and legs flailing around her. She didn't find a seat on the way back, so she had to manage standing. It was okay. Everything would be okay if she was right. "I can bet that (view spoiler)[JARVIS (hide spoiler)] is the villain", she texted her brother, but alas, the train went underground and she lost network. She cursed in the dark and continued to read the damned book. Soon, as it had to happen, her stop came and she had to get down again. "This book is going around in circles. Why do all books have to be the same. And why do they have to be so big?" she grumbled. She was hungry, tired, and just wanted the ordeal to be over. She looked up at the sky, groaned because of the sun, and began her long walk home. Heavy bag on her back, and a doorstopper of a book in her hand. She was only halfway done, and she didn't know if she would survive the day. "Tell mom and dad I love them", she texted her brother again. "Stop being so melodramatic", he texted back. You're going to be just fine. She gave a grim half-smile to herself. Little did he know. Halfway through the book, though, she was tempted to take the wise princess Elsa's advice and let it go, but she persisted. This was her Everest and she was going to conquer it. She sipped her coke and continued, rubbing her perspiring brow and kneading her forehead. She was going to do it. She was going to weave through the copious info dump and live through the terrible storyline. "I can finish it. I am sure of it", she whispered to herself and smiled. And then, she reached *that* part of the book. The part where Dan Brown tries to (and he really does try) make it as dramatic as possible, but she pretty much knew what was coming. There was no surprised gasp when she read it. A knowing smile, yes. She knew where he was going with this. To her, it was very obvious. "Could really be this easy? This weak?" she thought to herself. (view spoiler)["I mean, we have been talking about singularity for years. It's pretty much a given", she said to herself. "This only reiterates my conclusion about JARVIS". (hide spoiler)] It went much faster from there, after all, she was almost at the end. (view spoiler)["Ha ha, Brown, making the the Father and the father gay", she thought, and then grinned at herself. She was good with puns, she was. Of course there had to be that element of "forbidden love". Which Langdon book is complete without that? (hide spoiler)] "You have got to stop making these things so obvious, my dear Brown", she thought. "Just a few more pages, you can do it", she pushed herself. "You'll get a chance to write that review you've been meaning to, you know how much you want to do it", she said to herself. And then, suddenly, she screamed, "I knew it, I knew it. You're predictable as fuck Langdon", as her mother looked at her in amusement. (view spoiler)["Breaking the laws of robotics, ha Brown? Trying to mess with the truth?", she said softly. (hide spoiler)] And then, suddenly, she was free. She had done it. She had finished the book. She could breathe the air around her, enjoy the chirping of the birds. She smiled softly to herself. She had done it. She was victorious. The next book was going to be another adventure. Another day. She also hoped to herself, beyond hope, that maybe some day, Dan Brown will actually learn to write. "Well, a girl can dream", she thought. If you think this review is terrible, imagine how bad the book was. I tried making it Dan Brown-esque, but I don't think I was very successful in my attempt. Purple prose is not my strength. Parts of it have been overdramatised for effect. I will never wake up at the crack of dawn. Of course, it's missing symbols, codes and poetry, but this was all the time I had. Maybe I'll build on this when I have more time.The book though, is just awful. I appreciate that Brown takes time before his books to do his "research", I do. I also understand that Asimov's laws aren't the gospel truth. If you've churned out some seven books, however, this doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that the research and language are still shite. Essentially, I have nothing to look forward to here. Also, please for the sake of all that is sane and good, the obsessive and excessive describing of everything needs to stop. It makes my head hurt. There is such a thing as too much, and this book was just that. I will give Danny this though, this book was leaps and bounds better than his previous book, and even marginally better than his third. -- INITIAL REVIEW: Once was fun, twice was okay. The fourth time had me saying "kill me now". Curiosity killed the cat, and someday it will kill Anuradha. Will it be this book that does the trick? We can only wait...Side note: The final cover of the book hasn't been released yet, and the expected date of publication is a good eight months from now. How does this book already have a rating of 3.89? 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| title The Vaster Wilds | author Groff, Lauren * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0BTVBH6G3 | num pages 272pp | avg rating 3.76 | num ratings 34,472 | date pub May 16, 2016 | date pub edition Sep 12, 2023 | Anu'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 Mar 15, 2024 | date read Mar 23, 2024 | date added Apr 18, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | |
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| title Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon | author Lewis, Michael | isbn 1324074345 | isbn13 9781324074342 | asin B0C5DNW987 | num pages 261pp | avg rating 3.81 | num ratings 28,299 | date pub Oct 03, 2023 | date pub edition Oct 03, 2023 | Anu'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 All of this would have sounded even more preposterous if Sam hadn’t already done what he’d done—or if he hadn’t been so unusual. He hadn’t been war All of this would have sounded even more preposterous if Sam hadn’t already done what he’d done—or if he hadn’t been so unusual. He hadn’t been warped by money in the ways people often are. He wasn’t braggy. Yeah, I don't really care, because Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't deserve my sympathy. I don't think that someone who defrauded people out of billions has the right to a moral high ground.It doesn't help that SBF is also just an incredibly insufferable person. The worst parts of this book are the parts where he speaks to Lewis, or where it's his opinions that are being discussed. For someone who is so disdainful of the value of criticism, he definitely did not get his own memo. He criticises everyone and everything, from god to the fashion industry to middle school English. As a dumb, liberal arts/social sciences girl who currently works in tech, I have a particular hatred for all the smart STEM bros that look down upon any non-STEM subject, because *they* either don't understand the subject, or think they're above subjecting themselves to boring subjects like history or political science, which have no bearing on current lives. Bankman-Fried is one such STEM bro. Maybe if he had paid more attention in his humanities classes, he'd have learnt about what happens to greedy young men who run Ponzi schemes.It's evident from the beginning that Bankman-Fried is autistic, but his general behaviour and demeanour make it so very difficult to sympathise with him. I'm supposed to believe that everything he says or does that is unsavoury is because of his neurodivergence, but it's really hard to do that when all of Bankman-Fried's calculations surrounding what has value, and ergo, what deserves his attention are motivated by how they would benefit him. Perhaps my biggest issue with Bankman-Fried is his casual superiority complex. He sees no value for the arts, so thus, the arts must have no value. Other people celebrate big events or achievements in their life? Oh, wow, how wonderful it must be to be a lesser human being who has the time to think about such absurdly inane and irrelevant events. Go fuck yourself and your ridiculous superiority complex, Sam. Everyone else may not be as smart as you, but at least they can live with the clear conscience of not having embezzeled billions, and also, you know, the comfort of knowing they don't have to spend their forseeable future in jail. The people close to him claim that he doesn't really understand that what he is doing is, in fact,making life difficult for others. On the other hand, considering the volume of his crimes, and everything he did before he got caught, I am less inclined to attribute to his autism what could more easily be explained by his greed and capitalism. For one, I don't really believe that Bankman-Fried was the effective altruist he claimed to be. I can believe that that is what he aspired to, at least at some previous point in his life, but you know what they say about actions speaking louder than words. It is a true miracle that I finished this book because the number of times I wanted to set it on fire far exceeds up to where I can humanly count, but maybe SBF's savant skills can help me out. Honestly, I didn't know what the tone of this book was going to be when I got into it. I was expecting a more discerning, better researched, almost academic piece, a la Lewis's other works, but instead, this book reads almost like a PR fluff piece asking people to sympathise with the poor little rich boy who made a small mistake, because, well, he didn't mean to. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Apr 06, 2024 | date read Apr 18, 2024 | date added Apr 18, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Piglet | author Hazell, Lottie | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0C2MZSRJJ | num pages 287pp | avg rating 3.45 | num ratings 21,510 | date pub Feb 27, 2024 | date pub edition Feb 27, 2024 | Anu'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 Slightly uncomfortable, but incredibly well-written, Piglet is a masterclass in "fitting in". It's also a genre-bending story that tries expertly toes Slightly uncomfortable, but incredibly well-written, Piglet is a masterclass in "fitting in". It's also a genre-bending story that tries expertly toes the line between women's fiction, literary fiction, food writing, and horror. I read Piglet for two main reasons. One, I read a couple of rave reviews. Two, more importantly, that cheeseburger on the cover looks incredibly tempting. This was too hard. She had come too far, she had isolated herself from so many people, detaching herself from her support network in favour of a sense of superiority: perfect coupledom, bliss. And for what? How much of this life could be true when it had been built around a lie? What do you do when your fiance confesses to you that he betrayed you in the worst way two weeks before your wedding? Maybe Piglet's the kind of girl who's always dreamt about being married, being part of a whole in some sense, or maybe this is her way of finally getting away from her Derby roots, making something of herself. Either way, she's going through with this wedding, what others think or say be damned. On the surface, it seems like Piglet has it all. She has a rich, good-looking, successful fiance, she has loving, loyal friends, a great job that she's both good at and actually likes, she even gets along well with her in-laws. She's a bit embarrassed by her Derby family, but she deals with that by almost never interacting with them. I mean, she has a new life, one that she wanted, and one that she made for herself. More importantly, she has a talent. She works magic with food, which makes her the consummate hostess, the apple of everyone's eye when she's cooking and hosting. She is a modern young woman, and perfectly happy being one. After all, what more could she possibly want. No one in her family would have predicted this for the little girl who ate everything—now, somehow, superior: the host; the dispenser of food, of finance. It turns out, there's a lot you could possibly want, even if you "have it all". As any woman will tell you, every mother is a full-time mother, and "having it all" is a myth. As we delve more into the intricacies of Piglet's life, we realise, she doesn't really have it all, no matter how much she tries to convince herself. For one, it is incredibly difficult to straddle two seperate worlds. In the space where she was both at once her parents’ daughter and Kit’s fiancée, she did not know how to be. For another, maintaing the charade of a perfect life takes effort, no matter the practice you've had, no matter how seamlessly it seems to be going. I know, because I spent most of my adult life as a people pleaser, because if I am who they want me to be, then they'll never leave me. As we walk with Piglet on this journey, seeing the world through her eyes, however, we learn a couple of things. Piglet has a complicated relationship with food. She tends to binge-eat when stressed, and she cooks as a foil for her insecurities. When she cooks, when she hosts, she no longer feels lacking in any way. She is the moment, and her cooking, the object of everyone's praise. She has value when she cooks, when she provides the perfectly roasted chicken, or a warm, comforting bowl of pasta. We also learn why she feels this way. Her parents are complicated in the way that only parents can be. It's clear that they love her, but they also want her to be a specific version of who she is--more like them, more like Franny, her sister.Piglet's perfectly curated life begins to fall apart when her fiance tells her his big, dirty secret, and we see the carefully woven threads of her facade begin to unravel, slowly at first, and then with more urgency. She tries, at first, to keep smiling through the pain, at least in public, lest they judge her for not being perfect. She was proud, in a way, that she could still smile as the delicious life she had been savouring turned maggoty in her mouth. To her credit (or perhaps not), both Piglet and Kit, the fiance try to maintain this patina of perfection, savouring in the perceived superiority of their relationship, their picture perfect house, the gorgeous Oxford wedding, and of course, never raising their voice because whatever will people say?Piglet isn't a book that values exposition, unless it has to do with food. I think it's an interesting writing choice, because there are scant few descriptions of anything in the book, but of food. In this context though, it works. Like a photo with a singular subject in focus, surrounded by a blurry background. Food in all its forms, it is evident, is Piglet's coping mechanism. When she wants to show the world (and prove to herself) just how absolutely perfect her life is, he makes a roast chicken dinner. When she's stressed, she goes to Waitrose and picks up ingredients for a carbonara. When her life is falling apart, she goes to an Indian restaurant and orders everything on the menu. In the two weeks leading up to her wedding, after her fiance breaks his silence, Piglet's binge-eating reaches the level of Dante's third circle of hell. It should be pathetic, comical even, but in Piglet's case, it walks the line between horrifying and sympathetic. Horrifying, because I've been there. My unhealthy coping mechanism for years was food--I would either stress eat, or eat nothing at all. Horrifying, because I think it is supposed to be, like some kind of twisted mukbang fetish. Sympathetic, because she isn't being greedy, like her father says. She doesn't "want more". She just wants to be happy, at least temporarily, if nothing else. I think her choice to make croquembouche, which is a notriously difficult dessert to make, with its different elements and intricate sugar work, for her own wedding, is an interesting metaphor for Piglet's life. “Look,” she had said to him as she picked a bun from the stack and placed it into his mouth. “Look at what I can do.” Even once it's been made, croquembouche is finicky. Its success in staying upright depends not only on the quality of the dessert-the ingredients, the timings, the specific elements; but also the environment outside-the heat, the humidity, the weather. Towards the last couple of days leading up to her wedding, Piglet concentrates on making the perfect croquembouche towers for her centrepieces. Because, if she pulls it off, if she makes the perfect wedding cake, then maybe, just maybe, it will bode well for her marriage. A perfect croquembouche could be the the solution to a perfect marriage. Or maybe it's because the rest of her life is falling apart, and she needs to prove to herself that she can still do this one thing, that maintaining her composure whilst she finishes up her wedding centrepiece the morning of her wedding is what she needs to prove to herself, and to others that she is indeed worth it. That she has actually made something of herself. “Crock-um-bitches,” Franny said. “Whatever. They don’t matter. People only care about you.” Piglet opened her eyes, looked at her sister. “That is sweet, Fran, but if I don’t finish these, I don’t think I can get married.” Piglet is the story of a young woman trying to figure out if she wants to fit in, fit into her wedding dress, fit into the box that's expected of her, fit in with her colleagues, her in-laws, fit into her husband-to-be's life, while still remaining a part of her parents', fit in with a father who would have preferred a son. Piglet is the story of a woman who has been sold the pipe dream of being able to "have it all", or at least a version of it, who tries to cling on to the vestiges of the life that is expected of a promising young woman such as herself. Piglet is the story of a woman that is neither here, nor there, but also here, there, and everywhere in the spaces in between. I recently read Good Material by Dolly Alderton, which I did not like it at all. Although Piglet deals with similar themes, everything in this book works comes together, like a good tasting menu. Hazell makes some deliberate writing and storytelling choices that makes Piglet's story compelling, and Piglet herself, charming enough to sympathise with, whether or not you like her. Because, I for one, hope she found some peace. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Apr 15, 2024 | date read Apr 16, 2024 | date added Apr 18, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Yellowface | author Kuang, R.F. * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0B9SN8K6H | num pages 329pp | avg rating 3.76 | num ratings 670,660 | date pub May 16, 2023 | date pub edition May 16, 2023 | Anu'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 I wonder what June would say about this review. Are these the signs of a bestseller in the making? I wonder. They must be. Why doesn’t anyone tell I wonder what June would say about this review. Are these the signs of a bestseller in the making? I wonder. They must be. Why doesn’t anyone tell you, right off the bat, how important your book is to the publisher? Before Over the Sycamore came out, I worked my ass off doing blog interviews and podcasts, hoping that the more sweat I put into publicity, the more my publisher would reward my efforts. But now, I see, author efforts have nothing to do with a book’s success. Bestsellers are chosen. Nothing you do matters. You just get to enjoy the perks along the way. Who gets to tell stories? Whose stories get told? Who gets on the best-seller list? The publishing industry has been having its come to god moment over the past few years, what with controversies surrounding books like American Dirt , stories, and authors. I've been a reviewer for fun for somwhere around a decade at this point, and I've been on the sidelines of, and occasionally party to some of the smaller controversies that have played out here, on Goodreads. And boy, have I learnt a lot. I get it, I know the publishing industry is absolutely brutal. Some books make it, and some just don't. Some authors become literary darlings, and others fade into obscurity. A lot of the time, it isn't about effort, or skill, or talent. It's about circumstances, luck, and telling the right story at the right time. June is right about that. What she's very wrong about though, is that more often than not, the "right" stories are told by white, predominantly cis-, male authors. By that argument, you may say, well, Anu, then isn't June right, that women, even white women, have it hard? Yeah, but also no. White women may have it harder than white men, but it is obviously nothing compared to what authors of colour experience. It's why "own voices" and the stories thus told by these voices are so important. So of course Athena gets every good thing, because that’s how this industry works. Publishing picks a winner—someone attractive enough, someone cool and young and, oh, we’re all thinking it, let’s just say it, “diverse” enough—and lavishes all its money and resources on them. It’s so fucking arbitrary. Or perhaps not arbitrary, but it hinges on factors that have nothing to do with the strength of one’s prose. Yellowface is one of those books that is so much fun to read, but also tells crucial, if rather harrowing tale about what I have come to learn is the brutal, solitary world of writing and publishing. After all, Writing is such a solitary activity. June Hayworth, aka Juniper Song is a failed writer. Her first novel tanked, and her only friend, Athena Liu is the voice of the generation. So, when Athena dies in a freak accident, June decides to take Athena's latest manuscript, the one no one has heard about, and publish it as her own. She makes edits, rewrites whole chapters, and changes her nom-de-plume to Juniper Song--exotic, and ethnically ambiguous for a name if there ever was one. And lo and behold, this latest book becomes a bestseller, and June becomes the literary darling of her dreams. What starts off as a literary exercise for June ends up becoming her most dangerous, and to some extent best kept secret. As she finds herself wading deeper into Athena's magnum opus about a deeply sensitive topic, June throws caution to the wind, and any semblance of morality she had left out of the window. The more she makes this story "her own", the more she begins to scoff at any disapproval levelled at the book and at her, both within her own head, as well as from her critics, justifying whitewashing the novel, justifying taking advantage of a grieving mother, justifying her choice to rebrand herself and not "come out as White".For a while, June is able to enjoy her newfound fame. She gets new, professionally taken author headshots. Her editor actually knows her name, and importantly, listens to her and respects her. She ends up making what I like to call fuck-you money. She becomes a literary darling. She makes friends with famous authors. She's part of the zeitgeist. She is the zeitgeist. Obviously, she isn't without her denigrators. Straight off the bat, some people, especially Asians and Asian Americans are suspicious about the timing of the book, its content, and her relationship with Athena. When asked to consult with sensitivity readers, to ensure that her book isn't offensive to the Chinese, June refuses, and vehemently at that. When the editorial assistant who recommended that she get a sensitivity reader leaves a rather scathing 1 star review of her book on Goodreads (meta, isn't it?), June goes as far as to get the assistant fired. The juxtaposition of June's internal monologue, her slow descent into madness almost, with the sheer brutality of the publishing world and the toxicity of social media gives the book an almost gothic horror vibe. The lonely, wronged author high up in her ivory tower fobbing off her evil detractors. The reason Yellowface works is because Kuang is very adept at toeing the line between the satirical and the serious. Where June could have been a caricature, she's a well-fleshed out character. Her backstory, her complicated relationships with her family, her fizzled out ambitions, the stories she wrote as a teenager, even her relationship with Athena add dimension to what would have been an otherwise very one-dimensional character. None of this actually makes June likeable, or even someone I can sympathise with, but it does make you uncomfortably question whether you yourself are capable of doing something like this if pushed too far. In a way, June sees her actions as justified, because Athena did a bad thing first. For someone who only appears in the first chapter of the entire book, Athena's larger-than-life personality, her actions, and her fame loom over the story like a ghost stuck, unable to move on. Of course, it isn't possible to tell June's story without Athena's. But the reason that this works is because Athena has dimensions too. A prodigy of the publishing world she may be, but Athena had a dirty habit too, one that potentially made her into the star that she was.Yellowface works because it exists entirely in the grey spaces within the black and white of our world. There's no hero, nor a villain. There's nobody to root for, nobody to label the boogeyman. It is truly excellent in a skin-crawling, uncomfortable sort of way. For the most part, at least. Where Kuang does a really good job of writing a poignant, darkly comical story, she fumbles the ending. It feels forced, trite, and cartoonish. She tries a little too hard to tie up loose ends, and at this, she fails. It feel anticlimactic and unnecessary. I think maybe, just maybe, the book would have worked better if she'd left the ends loose. What more can we want as writers than such immortality? Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered? ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 3 | votes 10 | # times read 1 | date started Mar 31, 2024 | date read Mar 31, 2024 | date added Apr 01, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Gardens of the Moon(Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) | author Erikson, Steven * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B002KYHZLQ | num pages 495pp | avg rating 3.93 | num ratings 125,076 | date pub Apr 01, 1999 | date pub edition Jun 01, 2004 | Anu'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 None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Mar 13, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | |
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| title Good Material | author Alderton, Dolly | isbn 0593801318 | isbn13 9780593801314 | asin B0CHJ3BMS5 | num pages 481pp | avg rating 3.89 | num ratings 142,726 | date pub Nov 07, 2023 | date pub edition Jan 30, 2024 | Anu'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 I think my feelings about this book can be summed up by just saying, "ugh". No, I will not be elaborating on that. I think my feelings about this book can be summed up by just saying, "ugh". No, I will not be elaborating on that. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 20, 2024 | date read Feb 22, 2024 | date added Mar 13, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title The Guest | author Cline, Emma | isbn 0812998634 | isbn13 | asin B0B96CSYZD | num pages 304pp | avg rating 3.29 | num ratings 91,353 | date pub May 16, 2023 | date pub edition May 16, 2023 | Anu's rating did not like it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review “Are you a good grown-up?” he said. Was she? He didn’t seem too concerned either way. No, you're not a good grown-up Alex. You're quite insufferab “Are you a good grown-up?” he said. Was she? He didn’t seem too concerned either way. No, you're not a good grown-up Alex. You're quite insufferable, honestly, and clueless too, if you have to think about it.This is the most uncomfortable book I have ever read. Every insipid thought that Alex had made me cringe, and every ridiculous thing she did made me want to die of second-hand embarrassment. I understand the appeal of unlikeable protagonists, but some stories don't need to be told, and Alex's is one of them. Listen, I get the hustle, the base human instinct to survive. I can sympathise with the "eat the rich" attitude, and honestly couldn't care less about the wealthy men she fucks over. What grates on me is that she not only expertly sabotages herself at every step, but also invariably leaves others to pick up after her. These 'others' aren't rich people living in mansions, but just regular people trying to get through the day whilst also trying to be kind and polite to Alex. On top of which, I don't think Alex is the grifter she thinks she is. She's too impulsive, too impatient, and at times, too emotional. More of her cons fail than not, and even the ones that do seem to work fall apart eventually. To say that Alex is a mess would be the understatement of the century. On the other hand, to say I genuinely don't care about what happens to Alex would be the truth.All this to say, I understand the context behind Alex's whole schtick, and I want to sympathise with her, so badly. But I can't. I just can't. Alex is a hurricane, barrelling through life, and leaving behind debris and destruction in her wake. People have bad days, they make bad decisions, but if that's the sole theme of their life, it makes it hard to keep caring.I really enjoyed Cline's debut, The Girls , and was very excited to get my hands on this, but alas. Emma Cline is a deft, gifted writer and the book is mercifully short. There's really not much else to say about this clusterfuck, mostly because I don't want to say any more. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 2 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 12, 2024 | date read Feb 12, 2024 | date added Feb 24, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Lady Chatterley's Lover | author Lawrence, D.H. | isbn 014303961X | isbn13 9780143039617 | asin 014303961X | num pages 400pp | avg rating 3.50 | num ratings 129,943 | date pub 1928 | date pub edition Dec 2019 | Anu'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 0 | votes 0 | # times read 3 | date started not set not set not set | date read not set not set not set | date added Oct 18, 2023 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | |
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| title Into the Deep: A Memoir from the Man Who Found Titanic | author Ballard, Robert D. | isbn 1426220995 | isbn13 9781426220999 | asin 1426220995 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 4.15 | num ratings 1,041 | date pub May 11, 2021 | date pub edition May 11, 2021 | Anu'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 Jun 20, 2023 | date read not set | date added Jun 20, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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| title Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America | author Macy, Beth * | isbn 0316523178 | isbn13 9780316523172 | asin 0316523178 | num pages 384pp | avg rating 4.08 | num ratings 42,212 | date pub Aug 07, 2018 | date pub edition Aug 07, 2018 | Anu'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 None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 4 | # times read 1 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Feb 22, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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| title The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There | author Fischer, Jenna | isbn 0063007606 | isbn13 9780063007604 | asin 0063007606 | num pages 321pp | avg rating 4.23 | num ratings 32,784 | date pub May 17, 2022 | date pub edition May 17, 2022 | Anu'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 I really, really like The Office. It's one of my go-to comfort comedy shows, and I can't really tell you *how* many times I've watched it from start t I really, really like The Office. It's one of my go-to comfort comedy shows, and I can't really tell you *how* many times I've watched it from start to finish. It may seem like too many times, but for me, it really feels like I've not watched it enough times. I got a Peacock subscription so I could watch the extended episodes. I'm up-to-date on the Office Ladies podcast. I just also had to read the book.It is by no means a paragon of great literature, but it is heartwarming and comforting and funny, which is what you need sometimes. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 5 | # times read 1 | date started Feb 19, 2023 | date read Feb 20, 2023 | date added Feb 20, 2023 | owned | format ebook | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology | author Miller, Chris | isbn 1982172002 | isbn13 9781982172008 | asin 1982172002 | num pages 464pp | avg rating 4.43 | num ratings 28,356 | date pub Oct 04, 2022 | date pub edition Oct 04, 2022 | Anu'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 Feb 05, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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| title I Have Some Questions for You | author Makkai, Rebecca * | isbn 0593490142 | isbn13 9780593490143 | asin 0593490142 | num pages 438pp | avg rating 3.60 | num ratings 121,793 | date pub Feb 21, 2023 | date pub edition Feb 21, 2023 | Anu'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 Jan 29, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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| title Cain's Jawbone | author Mathers, E. Powys | isbn 1783527412 | isbn13 9781783527410 | asin 1783527412 | num pages 100pp | avg rating 3.81 | num ratings 2,815 | date pub 1934 | date pub edition Sep 02, 2019 | Anu's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review My 2023 project is to read and "crack" this book. Hopefully, this year is less of a shitshow than the last, and I actually get to finish my project. S My 2023 project is to read and "crack" this book. Hopefully, this year is less of a shitshow than the last, and I actually get to finish my project. See you all on the other side!Honestly however, I'm about 15 pages down, and although I can't really make much sense of anything yet, I believe I've identified a couple of themes and common threads, so we'll see how it goes! ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Jan 04, 2023 | date read not set | date added Jan 29, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | |
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| title Ship of Theseus | author Abrams, J.J. | isbn | isbn13 | asin | num pages 456pp | avg rating 3.86 | num ratings 26,593 | date pub Oct 29, 2013 | date pub edition Oct 29, 2013 | Anu'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 Jan 08, 2023 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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| title Gates of Fire | author Pressfield, Steven * | isbn 055338368X | isbn13 9780553383683 | asin 055338368X | num pages 526pp | avg rating 4.40 | num ratings 40,022 | date pub Oct 20, 1998 | date pub edition Sep 27, 2005 | Anu'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 03, 2022 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | |
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| title The Afghan Campaign | author Pressfield, Steven * | isbn 038551641X | isbn13 9780385516419 | asin 038551641X | num pages 354pp | avg rating 4.00 | num ratings 4,833 | date pub 2006 | date pub edition Jul 18, 2006 | Anu'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 03, 2022 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | |
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