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Jesmyn Ward
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The first half of my reading year in 2026 has been unexpected; it’s been filled with re-reads and nostalgia reads, as well as books outside of my usual comfort genres. This reality is partly due to the fact that I graduated with my master’s degree in English Literature in May (yay!), so as I finished…
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2025 has been an interesting reading year for me. Though I’ve read less in terms of quantity, I have thoroughly enjoyed the vast majority of the books that I did pick up. Here’s an overview of what I read during the second half of the year. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward I finally read…
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“I’m still trying to find the words.” Those were my initial thoughts after finishing Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, my first novel by the author. I went into Salvage with a critical eye as the book was highly lauded, and it was also set to chronicle an experience I knew all too well. By the…
City of Deja 