{"id":975,"date":"2021-09-19T23:21:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T23:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naomida.com\/play\/stuff\/?p=975"},"modified":"2021-09-19T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T23:40:36","slug":"i-became-a-pandemic-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naomida.com\/play\/stuff\/2021\/09\/i-became-a-pandemic-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"I became a pandemic reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being stuck at home was the perfect opportunity for me to rebuild reading muscles that had certainly atrophied as a result of smartphone usage. In 2020 I read 60 books, and in 2021 I&#8217;ve been shooting for 80. Along the way, I&#8217;ve become absorbed in so many different worlds, and really come to rely on the public library for maintenance of my sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are all books that I would heartily recommend. In order to win a 5 star rating from me, the book has to either be worthy of re-reading, make me cry, or change my outlook in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n      <!-- Show static HTML\/CSS as a placeholder in case js is not enabled - javascript include will override this if things work -->\n      <style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">\n  .gr_custom_container_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your Goodreads widget container here*\/\n    border: 1px solid gray;\n    border-radius:10px;\n    padding: 20px 10px 20px 10px;\n    background-color: transparent;\n    color: #cccccc;\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_header_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your Goodreads header here*\/\n    border-bottom: 1px solid gray;\n    width: 100%;\n    margin-bottom: 5px;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-size: 120%\n  }\n  .gr_custom_each_container_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize each individual book container here *\/\n    width: 100%;\n    clear: both;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n    overflow: auto;\n    padding-bottom: 4px;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_book_container_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your book covers here *\/\n    overflow: hidden;\n    height: 160px;\n      float: left;\n      margin-right: 10px;\n      width: 98px;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_author_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your author names here *\/\n    font-size: 10px;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_tags_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your tags here *\/\n    font-size: 10px;\n    color: gray;\n  }\n  .gr_custom_rating_1632094415 {\n    \/* customize your rating stars here *\/\n    float: right;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n      <div id=\"gr_custom_widget_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_container_1632094415\">\n    <h2 class=\"gr_custom_header_1632094415\">\n    <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/110917955-naomi?shelf=5-star-books&amp;utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Naomi&#39;s bookshelf: 5-star-books<\/a>\n    <\/h2>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4238373240?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1603917194l\/55643287._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4238373240?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15855059.Clint_Smith\">Clint   Smith<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            This book builds very methodically and culminates to great effect when he interviews his grandparents in the Epilogue. I appreciated how the author put himself in some rather awkward conversations with southern confederate historians\/sym&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Becoming\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4126406597?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Becoming\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1528206996l\/38746485._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4126406597?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Becoming<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2338628.Michelle_Obama\">Michelle Obama<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I can fully understand why this audiobook won a Grammy. 20 hours of Michelle Obama&#8217;s sublime reading voice in my ears made for a wonderful week on walks and getting stuck in traffic in my car was so much more bearable. It felt like she w&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4123493110?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1473867911l\/29780253._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4123493110?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15149526.Trevor_Noah\">Trevor Noah<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            This memoir is bursting with energy! Trevor Noah has a way of speaking\/writing that always causes me to do a double or triple-take. I learned so much about growing up in South Africa pre &amp; post apartheid. I had not realized how uncommon &#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Giver (The Giver, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4093547660?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Giver\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1342493368l\/3636._SY160_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4093547660?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Giver<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2493.Lois_Lowry\">Lois Lowry<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I found The Giver surprisingly chilling, with an admirable economy of expression. I loved the initial focus on how the family unit functioned, with an emphasis on people sharing emotions and understanding each other. This set the stage f&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Freshwater\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4063380366?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Freshwater\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1500884500l\/35412372._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4063380366?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Freshwater<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/16944266.Akwaeke_Emezi\">Akwaeke Emezi<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            This blew me away and I want to read it again and again. I don&#8217;t even have the right words to convey why this resonated with me so deeply. So many sentences made me do double and triple takes. The power of the language just carried me al&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Lady Chatterley's Lover\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4062066161?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lady Chatterley's Lover\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1215571713l\/32049._SY160_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/4062066161?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Lady Chatterley&#8217;s Lover<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17623.D_H_Lawrence\">D.H. Lawrence<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            Ever since last year&#8217;s Book Bingo, (&quot;read a book written in the 1920s&quot;) I had been wanting to give Lady Chatterley&#8217;s Lover a try. Why wouldn&#8217;t I want to read a cultural bombshell that scandalized the English speaking world, that the auth&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Gone Girl\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3958170480?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gone Girl\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1554086139l\/19288043._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3958170480?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Gone Girl<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2383.Gillian_Flynn\">Gillian Flynn<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I don&#8217;t recall exactly what I was doing in 2012 when this book came out, or 2014 when the movie premiered, but am certain that I was NOT interested in this overhyped story. Well, almost 10 years later, I decided to give it a try since I&#8217;&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Goldfinch\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3891338168?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Goldfinch\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1378710146l\/17333223._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3891338168?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Goldfinch<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/8719.Donna_Tartt\">Donna Tartt<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I loved everything about The Goldfinch\u2014the fullness of the characters, the plot twists, the antiques, the deep themes about how we ascribe value to things. The symbolism of the chained-up bird speaking to us over the centuries. Because I&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Fault in Our Stars\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3805153789?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Fault in Our Stars\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1631549175l\/11870085._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3805153789?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Fault in Our Stars<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1406384.John_Green\">John Green<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I knew I&#8217;d eventually get around to reading this book, but had been putting it off because I wasn&#8217;t ready to read something this tragic. When I happened upon it in a Little Free Library down the block, in early 2021, I decided that I fin&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Girl, Woman, Other\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3799490794?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Girl, Woman, Other\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1542296262l\/41081373._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3799490794?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Girl, Woman, Other<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/51051.Bernardine_Evaristo\">Bernardine Evaristo<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            It built slowly, and I often had to refer back to review certain characters, but I absolutely loved all the aha moments, realizing how they were interconnected. The writing style reminded me a bit of Virginia Woolf, the way the narrative&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"When You Reach Me\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3790029920?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"When You Reach Me\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1441759322l\/5310515._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3790029920?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">When You Reach Me<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/175329.Rebecca_Stead\">Rebecca Stead<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            This was the perfect story for me\u2014simply told, with wonderful details, and a supernatural element that really spoke to me. Relationships between preteens are given the attention and introspection that they deserve. Each character is pain&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Overstory\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3743982163?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Overstory\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1562786502l\/40180098._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3743982163?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Overstory<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/11783.Richard_Powers\">Richard Powers<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            It&#8217;s vanishingly rare that a book&#8217;s first chapter makes me cry, so this one stood out for me from the beginning. It feels like I lived inside this book over the past week. I was in awe of how the author could bring all those human storie&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Piranesi\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3700998972?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Piranesi\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1609095173l\/50202953._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3700998972?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Piranesi<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/8842.Susanna_Clarke\">Susanna Clarke<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            This may be my fave read so far in 2021\u2014a really unusually written story, that got my imagination flowing right from the start. I enjoyed the introduction to the narrator&#8217;s scientific method, and how my brain kept on leaping to get orien&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"All the Light We Cannot See\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3686985490?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"All the Light We Cannot See\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1451445646l\/18143977._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3686985490?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">All the Light We Cannot See<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/28186.Anthony_Doerr\">Anthony Doerr<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3686983936?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1503806495l\/3985._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3686983936?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2715.Michael_Chabon\">Michael Chabon<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"We are all completely beside ourselves\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3678139652?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"We are all completely beside ourselves\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1631562166l\/16176440._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3678139652?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">We are all completely beside ourselves<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1448.Karen_Joy_Fowler\">Karen Joy Fowler<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3666608721?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1597267568l\/51152447._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3666608721?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3567958.Isabel_Wilkerson\">Isabel Wilkerson<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Space Between Worlds\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3636470243?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Space Between Worlds\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1585293595l\/43301353._SX98_SY160_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3636470243?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Space Between Worlds<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/18715817.Micaiah_Johnson\">Micaiah Johnson<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3622283078?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Stone Sky\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1478547421l\/31817749._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3622283078?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Stone Sky<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2917917.N_K_Jemisin\">N.K. Jemisin<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3576484720?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black Sun\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1601212809l\/50892360._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3576484720?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Black Sun<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15862877.Rebecca_Roanhorse\">Rebecca Roanhorse<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3525408827?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Sparrow\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1230829367l\/334176._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3525408827?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Sparrow<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4007.Mary_Doria_Russell\">Mary Doria Russell<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I&#8217;ll leave the question of whether the physics of this story make sense and whether we should care, to the other reviewers, and report that The Sparrow both delighted and astounded me on many levels. I loved the exploration of the evolvi&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503706150?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Calculating Stars\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1539850192l\/33080122._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503706150?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Calculating Stars<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2868678.Mary_Robinette_Kowal\">Mary Robinette Kowal<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I&#8217;m so glad I finally got around to reading this. Not only was the most-Meteor world fascinating to read about, but I also appreciated the depth of Elma as not just a shining heroine, but someone who struggles daily with debilitating men&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503703658?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parable of the Sower\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1442169447l\/52397._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503703658?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Parable of the Sower<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/29535.Octavia_E_Butler\">Octavia E. Butler<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503421168?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Call Me By Your Name\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1519203520l\/36336078._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503421168?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Call Me By Your Name<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2922229.Andr_Aciman\">Andr\u00e9 Aciman<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Vanishing Half\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503380304?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Vanishing Half\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1577090827l\/51791252._SX98_SY160_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3503380304?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Vanishing Half<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/10802967.Brit_Bennett\">Brit Bennett<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_review_1632094415\">\n            I found this book beautiful and tragic, told in a spare, yet tender way. The flow and structure also felt really balanced. I really enjoyed Brit Bennett&#8217;s writing style and especially the dialog that moves the story often much better tha&#8230;\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"She Rises\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3495080750?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"She Rises\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1349734529l\/16059537._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3495080750?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">She Rises<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/262405.Kate_Worsley\">Kate Worsley<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3479608927?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1525390335l\/40032435._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3479608927?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6683690.Sarah_Pinsker\">Sarah Pinsker<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3417943415?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Fifth Season\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1386803701l\/19161852._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3417943415?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Fifth Season<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2917917.N_K_Jemisin\">N.K. Jemisin<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"The Count of Monte Cristo\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3402131384?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Count of Monte Cristo\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1611834134l\/7126._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_title_1632094415\">\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3402131384?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\">The Count of Monte Cristo<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_author_1632094415\">\n            by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4785.Alexandre_Dumas\">Alexandre Dumas<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_1632094415\">\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_book_container_1632094415\">\n            <a title=\"1Q84 (1Q84 #1-3)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3264635407?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=custom_widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1Q84\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1483103331l\/10357575._SX98_.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"gr_custom_rating_1632094415\">\n            <span class=\" staticStars notranslate\" title=\"it was amazing\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"it was amazing\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gr-assets.com\/images\/layout\/gr_red_star_active.png\" 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