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Si una noche de invierno un viajero

Italo Calvino

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

first book ever in 2nd person i don’t love 

Open, Heaven

Seán Hewitt

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

My Lesbian Novel

Renee Gladman

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Happy All the Time

Laurie Colwin

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

1st story was fine. then characters became...boring

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

no había otra cosa que hacer más que leer todos mis libros pendientes durante el apagón y esté era de gente normal con problemas de adultos………….which is not precisely what im in the mood for durante el apagón crisis nivel 3 de emergencia civil if you know what i mean

dicen que es brutal a nivel emocional so……idk……..maybe i just didn’t get far enough into it 

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Anne de Marcken

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

felt like a constant vague deep metaphor im not precisely excited to spiral about during exam season. 😞

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

DID NOT FINISH: 5%

nonononono no no eh. por favor, dos libros lentos y contemplativos consecutivos no. Voy a dejarlo antes de que me empuje a un reading slump

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

DID NOT FINISH: 17%

couldn’t get into it

someone change my mind, please?

The Right to Sex

Amia Srinivasan

DID NOT FINISH: 65%

i wanted something more……argumentative, showing different perspectives on the subjects and dilemas (all of them  interesting and complex), and arguments that made me question my stance and learn. i found it too descriptive maybe…..a lot of studies and anecdotal evidence. idk. more of a me thing than the book’s fault 

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

wow, what a bummer
Ive been hearing about this book for at least 10 years, waiting for the time to finally read it. and now i just can't seem to get into it. 

I appreciate the representation of the boring unremarkable underwhelming dissaponted and hollow adulthood every former gifted child feels inevitably stuck to. that was relatable. and the sense of loneliness of it all was sort of egotistically comforting because as much as life does feel painfully depressing sometimes, i know i wont feel alone in my adulthood.

but yeah, i wasn't really that invested and i wasn't connecting with her pov.