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Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

DID NOT FINISH: 55%

This book unfortunately was not a good experience for me. I DNFed a little over halfway through. While I think this book has a deep basis that I could have loved, it turned more into an internal pull of the MC between her religion and science. A lot of philosophy and a little plot. The background story of addiction and depression in her family as well as the cultural struggles of immigrant parents falls to the side as she continues to cycle through being a religious scientist. Great idea but the execution wasn’t for me. If those topics interest you, I definitely think it’s worth the try.

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The Science of Monsters: the Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear

Matt Kaplan

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

The book was entertaining but the author took the theories too far. It moved away from science into random guesses to what someone could have seen at a distance and thought it was a monster. 

Kingdom of Souls

Rena Barron

DID NOT FINISH: 25%

There was nothing drawing me in. The world-building was nice but felt incomplete and I didn't find anything to connect with in the characters. 

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History

Andy Greene

DID NOT FINISH

This is just a transcript of interviews for the most part and is pretty boring to read

Letters to a Young Therapist

Mary Pipher

DID NOT FINISH

This book consists of vague stories with very obvious "lessons" addressed to a fictitious young therapist. About halfway through, having learned absolutely nothing I gave up on it. This may be better suited for someone in school who has never practiced.