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a 2021 book review thread, aka: goodreads in twitter format, aka: watch me try to read 150 books this year lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
i read this one because i found it on my kindle. an important & fitting start to 2021. about a retired FBI agent who does something really dumb in the first chapter and then spends the rest of the book trying to fix her mistake. it was good? i won't read the rest of the series
2/ this was straight up gross. tw: animal cruelty
i didn't like the main character. he was one of those washed up ex-cops who we're supposed to think is interesting but just comes across as a tool. also the author writes women like he's masturbating about it. otherwise, fine.
i didn't like the main character. he was one of those washed up ex-cops who we're supposed to think is interesting but just comes across as a tool. also the author writes women like he's masturbating about it. otherwise, fine.
3/ this was a @Pursuitofagood1 rec and it was a super cute and light f/f romance. A great way to escape doom scrolling 
4/ a sweet & subtle f/f YA romance underpins the story, but itâs also about the movies, about set design and inhabiting worlds, about privilege and circumstance, about how two people can come from the same city but have wildly different experiences in it. i really liked it 
5/ ahhhh my first truly GREAT read of the year. I read this in delicious bites, couldnât stay away from its gorgeously snappish prose and characters that beg to be explored further. Aggressively sexy and mysterious and British. A slow burn & well worth your time 
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6/ an entertaining historical novel. I didnât know anything about the San Francisco earthquakes so that prompted some extra reading 
The heroine was initially too stupid to live but eventually found her ovaries. Fairly flat characters but overall, it was immensely readable 
The heroine was initially too stupid to live but eventually found her ovaries. Fairly flat characters but overall, it was immensely readable
7/ a modern retelling of Jane Eyre, which meant the twists werenât really twists. And idk, âEddieâ? Seriously? Definitely one of the buzziest books of 2021 tho. I kept turning the pages but I never really believed what I was reading. Not as exciting and fresh as Iâd hoped. 
8/ a perfectly lovely and extremely predictable historical novel. I felt like I knew the story before I read the words but that didnât detract from my enjoyment actually. Thereâs a strong feminist underpinning to this tale of women across the ages, all linked to one garden. 
9/ Our Darkest Night is about a woman who poses as the wife of a farmer to escape the deportation of Venetian Jews. The beginning is slow, the 2nd half is riveting & horrific, with these moments of humanity that made my eyes burn. Unrealistic ending? Maybe. But hope is beautiful.
10/ this was disappointing because I love books about missing people & I usually love Gardner's writing. from the backstory - the alcoholic detective trope, yawn, to the reasons behind the girl's disappearance... again, yawn. nothing about this book felt plausible or thrilling.
11/ yes I have already read 11 books & itâs starting to show. Idk this was not great. It wasnât particularly funny or romantic, the heroine was a total dick and the love/hate trope ended after five seconds and itâs one of my favourite tropes so this was disappointing. Blah? Blah.
12/ this was SOOOOOOO creepy and the beginning was excellent. i love any mystery/thriller where like, a blizzard has fallen on a town and there are footprints in the snow and a face at the window and she's ALL ALONE IN AN OLD HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE eeeeek!
13/ i listened to the audiobook because i always learn better from listening & absorbing. this had really solid, commonsense info about making tiny changes to achieve big results. i want to start a few habits this year and i LOVED @JamesClear's identity shift advice. recommended.
14/ bauer is always A+. exit is about an elderly man (he was my favourite) who acts as an "exiteer", he oversees (no assistance) suicides of sick individuals to ensure they are comfortable. then something goes wrong... this was lovely & unexpectedly moving. i cried at the end ffs
15/ i'm a fan of @Helen_Fields 'Perfect' series & this is an excellent standalone thriller from her. normally i don't like being in the killer's head but it works here! extremely dark & icky with an electrifying ending - i put off making dinner for an hour so i could finish
