Mercer

Honestly, excellent. A must read.

My feeeeeeelingsssss.

This was excellent. Not only did a learn a ton, it also gave me a mirror with which to reflect on my own engagement with performative mothering.

Short. Incisive. Excellent.

Less devastatingly beautiful than her novellas, but this work of sci-fi is different enough from all others that I have read to merit a four star. Chambers, once again, awes me with her ability to give the reader pictures into the complex motivations of her characters without bashing us over the head with them. In tandem, she crafts a really fascinating world and plot. Very good.

I learned a lot reading this book, and felt a lot of emotion—which surprised me. I always knew octopuses were smart, but didn't understand the extent to which they felt, remembered and lived. Truly lovely!

Also, I love the Boston aquarium, so it was nice reading a text set there. :)

I am putting this book down before finishing it. While I'm intrigued by the premise, I find it to be way too heteronormative for me to enjoy.

Here are a few things I found myself correcting:
- women often have partners of a different gender.
- not all women are born with a bounty of estrogen
- not all women have ovaries or a uterus
- not all women have vulvas

There's more, but honestly I just felt exhausted by this.

A cozy, sweet book about overcoming trauma at all ages. I loved the characters. I loved the world. This was v v v sweet. 4 stars instead of 5 Becayse it's a specific type of book and I wouldn't recommend it to EVERYONE but I would recommend it to most.

Dear friends, I find myself immeasurably weary and I have gone to rest in the forest.

This was so sweet. I love a happily ever after that is nontraditional, and I loved the setting—references to OOB always win.

Definitely a poignant commentary and observation of where we are going. I felt he graphics were too, well, graphic, but I do love this story.

I read these because they are easy and feel like a beach vacation for my brain. However, they are getting to be too easy. The resolutions feel forced and there is too much wacky stuff happening concurrently in each book.

Between 3 and 4 for this book so I leaned towards 3. Certainly a better book than the first, perhaps because I knew the characters so it felt like grueling to start. Loved the introduction of old characters that I knew and loved, but I felt myself waiting for a bit more development of key aspects of the story and they never came.

Darrow's arc in this series is just so wild.

I love TWLOHA and everything it stands for. I do NOT like Jamie's method of handling and co-opting other people's stories for his own. This book feels like a livejournal put on paper.

I don't know why I should care about any of these stories because he doesn't give us a reason to be invested. I don't trust him as a narrator and I genuinely don't believe that he understands the pain of the people he is writing to/about.

Some points are great, but TWLOHA has already put all of those of articles of clothing and notebooks. Buy those instead.

This is super-relatable! Despite the heteronormative title, the advice contained in this book is applicable to anyone in a relationship post-baby. Dunn writes with self-effacement that is both approachable and lovable and makes me feel less bad about some of my poor relationship habits.

For fans of Jim Butcher's I think this would be a hit. A silly, funny, very-light read.

Compelling characters, beautiful artwork. I'm grateful that I finally got around to reading this!

This was fine! Unique magic, unique world, but I didn't feel myself particularly compelled to continue the series.

A delightful, funny and well-written memoir.

This book helped me understand so much about myself and my interpersonal relationships. I'd recommend it to everyone.

I loved this book so much. The characters were extremely endearing. The only reason I didn't give it a 5 is because I wouldn't recommend it to EVERYONE, as there is some willing suspension of disbelief that needs to come with reading it. Reminded me of a cross between Soul of an Octopus and the Art of Racing in the Rain.

I thoroughly enjoyed the winding twists and turns that this book took. It went by so quickly! I feel that there are multiple layers to peel back and digest which is impressive for such a short narrative.

This was excellent and really opened up my views on some of the issues around reproduction and sterilization. I loved the perspective moving from historical facts to modern day laws and biases.

The writing of this book is wrought, so not a great read just for enjoyment, but good for practice of executive function.