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nikki n. michaels

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View fullsize lily brooks-dalton’s THE LIGHT PIRATE gave me SWAMPLANDIA/STATION ELEVEN/WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING vibes so if you’re into those i think you’ll like this. her follow-up to GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT (which i also loved) has that same loos
View fullsize golden hour with @o.janika’s beautiful A HISTORY OF BURNING 💫

out may 2 from @grandcentralpub 
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View fullsize i have so much to say about this book that i feel like i have nothing to say. it’s triumphant and i think everyone should read it. DEMON COPPERHEAD has a voice that cracks like a bell and demands all your attention; every page is rich and disti
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View fullsize gonna go out on a limb here and say that although i’ve never done acid i’m pretty sure it would feel like reading PARADISE ROT 🧬

this little guy is trippy and gooey and melty and weird, and i mean all that with the highest of compliment
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View fullsize hello!! this book hits like a semi and i’m still not over it. tw for s**cide below

what does it mean to truly love someone? does unconditional love require us to end someone’s suffering when it’s in our power to do so? are we culpa
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View fullsize one of my top reads of last year ☁️

this is a gorgeous novel and my favorite of anthony doerr’s work to date (if you loved ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE and haven’t checked out his story collection THE SHELL COLLECTOR, i hiiiiighly recomme
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View fullsize my fave emily st john mandel so far! SEA OF TRANQUILITY is your bag if you’re into:

🍁 interwoven narratives
🍁 the simulation hypothesis
🍁 thoughtful criticism of work/bureaucracy
🍁 her signature floaty/ethereal/haunting vibes
🍁 novels tha
View fullsize more reviews on the way but for now please enjoy these #fallvibes brought to you by the hobbit 🧙‍♂️🍂
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View fullsize phewwwww the queen does it again 👑

ottessa can do no wrong as far as i’m concerned. this isn’t my all-time favorite of hers (that title still goes to #myyearofrestandrelaxation) but still — LAPVONA has that classic moshfegh oddnes
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View fullsize oof this one hurt. so many questions and observations about love and passion and the complexity of relationships packed into its short pages. what i found most compelling about this book were the descriptions of love and abandon as they relate to sex