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It has like 80 pages.
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman has like 10 pages or so.
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan is also very short.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Animal by Lisa Taddeo.
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman has like 10 pages or so.
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan is also very short.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Animal by Lisa Taddeo.
Nov 28, 2024
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Fiction:
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
May 30, 2024
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📚Foster by Claire Keegan (96 pages)
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (118 pages)
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (163 pages)
Imaginary Museums by Nicolette Polek (128 pages)
Bonus Rec (bc its a little over your page range but so worth the read): No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (205 pages)
Bonus Rec (bc its a little over your page range but so worth the read): No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (205 pages)
Jan 29, 2025
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📚A Study in Scarlet 123 pages: if you haven’t read it, it’s one of my favorite books. First in the Sherlock Holmes series, of course a series that has been made into other medias and remade so many times, but I feel it never does the books justice. The writing is good, the characters are amusing, it’s witty, I love it.
In Watermelon Sugar 138 pages: it’s a very bizarre and unique post-modern novel, it feels like abstract, free-verse poetry but is actually somewhat dystopian/post-apocalyptic in the way that 1984 is. The whole story takes place in a few days. There’s simple writing but made so universal and understandable that some things could allude to several meanings.
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher’s!) 163 pages: I normally am not a huge memoir/autobiography fan, this one is such a treat though. Carrie Fisher’s wit, but she also touches on some darker subjects. Some funny little add ins like celebrity encounters and other information.
In Watermelon Sugar 138 pages: it’s a very bizarre and unique post-modern novel, it feels like abstract, free-verse poetry but is actually somewhat dystopian/post-apocalyptic in the way that 1984 is. The whole story takes place in a few days. There’s simple writing but made so universal and understandable that some things could allude to several meanings.
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher’s!) 163 pages: I normally am not a huge memoir/autobiography fan, this one is such a treat though. Carrie Fisher’s wit, but she also touches on some darker subjects. Some funny little add ins like celebrity encounters and other information.
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