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This book had little plot, and the MC was pretty unpleasant and selfish. This being semi-autobiographical makes me wonder if F. Scott Fitzgerald had any regrets or if this was just a recollection of his youth, fictionalized to a degree.

This served as an interesting time capsule; life in the 1920s seems so far removed from 2025, but at the same time, it's still very similar in a lot of ways.

I read 17 books in June (I am in therapy for my anxiety thanks!)
Here are my ratings:
5 ⭐
Giovanni's Room

4.25⭐
Henry Hamlet's Heart
A Single Man
Well of Lonliness

4⭐
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

3.75⭐
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Icarus
Maggie

3.5⭐
Automatic Noodle

3⭐
Happy Place
The Pairing
Queer Body Power
Witch King
Let's Talk About Love

2.5 ⭐
Wild Dark Shore

I aim to finish this book today, do far it's been very interesting

Poetry. Dickinson. Enough said. 😍🤩😍
#poetrymatters

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Clean calendar page
Holidays, pretty picture
To start a new month

#haikuhive #haikuaday

This is a travelogue with commentary about America in the 1960s and a poodle sidekick. I sensed the goal was to find something profound through the people met and adventures had on the way, but I think his search was unsuccessful. It was still an interesting trip with some glimpses of what he was looking for. And the dog doesn‘t die at the end so I‘m just thankful Steinbeck didn‘t wreck me with another one of his stories.
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Morrison‘s debut is a difficult, but powerful, read surrounding a childhood steeped in abuse and neglect. A devastating story of lost innocence, and the reclamation of racist beauty standards. Her writing is tragically poetic. So affecting.

Current read.