Updated March 3, 2026
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Erasure by Percival Everett
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You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker 4.75/5
By far the best book on adoption I have read.
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman 4.25/5
This series is really good. Highly recommend.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann 4/5
If you want to read nonfiction that reads like fiction, this author is your guy.
Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle 4.25/5
Surprisingly hopeful book about human existence. Also, very gory.
Interior Chinatown by Charles Wu 4/5
A delightfully creative book. Written in the style of a screenplay.
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole By Lori Holden with Crystal Hass 4/5
A purely informational book which I read for reasons 👀
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow 4/5
This is a good book about how the internet became bad. It’s demoralizing and then oddly hopeful at the end.
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3 by Matt Dinniman 4.25/5
These books are just a lot of fun to read. After book 2 was a lot of set up, this one the wheels have started moving (literally).
Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
I read this for professional development at work. I'm not going to review things that I read for work, but it is a book I finished.
North Woods by Daniel Mason 3.75/5
Very technically impressive, every chapter is written in the popular style of the time period it takes place in, but that made it hard for me to get into the book. Glad I finished it though.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut 4.5/5
This was a re-read but Kurt Vonnegut writes like my brain thinks.
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 4.5/5
I like the way this guy writes non-fiction. It reads like fiction.
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman 4/5
Enjoyable, but felt like set up for the next book.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 4.75/5
Very good book. Could easily see this being an HBO series adaptation in a few years.
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo 3/5
I know I read a well written book, but I couldn’t tell you anything that happened.
James by Percival Everett 4.75/5
There was one small twist near the end that I didn’t particularly like, but outside of that nearly a perfect book. Feel free to email me if you’ve read it and want to know what I didn’t like
Dungeon Crawler Carl By Matt Dinniman 4.5/5
This author reminds me a lot of Douglas Adam’s writing. A fun read.
I Who Have Never Known Men By Jacqueline Harpman 4/5
A good book, just wanted to know more about the world.
Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan 4.75/5
I went into this without reading a summary of the book and I think that’s the correct way to do it.
Untamed By Glennon Doyle 4/5
I agree with everything she’s saying. My criticism is that I think it’s a lot easier to do what she’s suggesting when you have a lot of money than it is for every day people.
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