Friday Book Debrief Vol 61

Oh, we understand it's Sunday. These things happen!

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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder - Nikki

I am obsessed with this so far. Yoder has this wry, straightforward way of writing that reminds me of Ottessa Moshfegh and Melissa Broder. Big fan.

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False Witness by Karin Slaughter - Mel

Per usual, Slaughter penned a plot that is creepy as hell, full of tension, and keeping me guessing at the end of every chapter. I honestly have no idea who is going to make it to the end of this book alive.

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The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich - Akilah

I'm on page 60 of this 1995 Taiwanese Sci fi novel set in a 22nd century in which humanity moved all animal + plant life it valued to live on the ocean floor. We've got climate change, fraught mother-daughter relationship, gender queerness, eating the finger of one's mirror image (???), high tech skincare that must break a few privacy laws, amphibious sniper cyborgs...you have to read this.

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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder - Maggie

The idea that early motherhood is SO hard with a useless husband and judgmental peers that you literally turn into a dog? Sign me up!!! I’m loving this book and it’s unique POV, storyline, and take on motherhood.

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Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann - Cat

This book has all the promiscuity, self-destructive behaviour and family dysfunction of classical mythology. While the overarching storyline veers into melodrama in unrealistic (but entertaining) ways, there are some beautiful intimate moments that really resonate.

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Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates - Jessica Maria

All I know is that there's no way the writer/director of the adaptation will get across what JCO is so eloquently putting down about Marilyn, American celebrity, and men.

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Until next Friday!