I read this for a bookclub, and it was not for me. The story follows the life of Isaac Dahl. This book isn’t that long, but the titular character’s life is (as promised) very long. The problem is, I never cared about the characters. They felt stiff. This felt like more of a catalog of events over time. Everything felt like an observation rather than emotion and personality driving action. I appreciate the LGBTQ representation in the first person protagonist but never really got into this audiobook I borrowed via Libby.

Have you lived through Covid 19? In this generation you probably have. If you like adventure packed story’s, or feeling guilty for another character, this the book for you. Knox lives in Hong Kong, his home, the land he is from. He has been to America but now he has to live there. To him that’s not so bad, but there’s a catch, he is leaving his one friend behind, his dad. As he moves from the land he once knew to a whole new world, to escape from the dreaded covid 19, he must embark on loneliness, secrets about himself, and his new life! Was escaping Hong Kong enough? What about his dad? Will his mom be able to take care of him, his brother, and sister? Read New From Here by Kelly Yang to find out!

This is an awesome book I think everyone should read it!

12 to 22 is a really good book about time traveling and social media, it had an awesome plot except for the fact that it was a bit slow in the beginning

An intriguing, surprisingly engaging biography of a little-known president. This book shows Calvin Coolidge in all of his understated, but by no means insignificant, glory. Reading this book is the only time I’ve ever laughed out loud while reading a biography—a ringing endorsement indeed!

This book is a sequel to Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley.

This a great book for fantasy lovers and the movies though they do not match completly is still really good. I like this book because of the amount of hype making you not want to stop reading it. I really reccomend this book.

3.75 stars rounded up. In the world of Ali Hazelwood, this book was somewhat lower tier and forgettable, but it’s still a fun summer read. I liked the setting (Italy), the audiobook’s dual narration (primarily FMC POV w/MMC speaking), the chemistry and general blend of tropes (age gap, brother’s best friend, handsome rich MMC). I felt like there was an attempt to make this a friends-to-lovers romance but it felt more like a second chance turned instalove, which left me conflicted.

I really wanted to love this book! It came onto my radar because I follow the author’s nycbookgirl instagram for bookish content. The idea of a love story in an art museum with magical realism sounded like such an amazing premise, and the lovely cover sets a nice tone. The book got off to a solid start but fragments into multiple disparate plot twists (one of which involved the pandemic, which took the book out of the present for me). I also felt like the emotional declarations between the two main characters felt too big and instalove for my taste. Still, someday when I come across Matisse’s The Music Lesson, I will immediately think of this book and all that it strove to achieve. I listened to the dual narration audiobook on Libby.

I liked this book because I really like animals and I love the movie as well!