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Mat

okwithmydecay@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Mat's books

2024 Reading Goal

25% complete! Mat has read 3 of 12 books.

Brit Bennett: The mothers (2016, Riverhead Books) 4 stars

"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story …

Review of 'The mothers' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I loved this book for many reasons though the biggest one is that it's told from several different perspectives and that cultivated empathy with all the characters.

Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder, 小川洋子: The Memory Police (Paperback, 2020, Penguin Random House) 5 stars

**2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, …

Review of 'Memory Police' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I didn't want this book to finish but it has and I loved it! There was something very surreal and oddly comforting about reading a story where everyday things disappear during a pandemic where much of our former lives has disappeared

"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny...The wildly talented Adjei-Brenyah has made …

Review of 'Friday Black' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Given all the great reviews I was looking forward to this book but I found only a handful of the stories - The Finkelstein 5, The Era, Zimmer Land and Through The Flash - really captivated me.

Review of 'F**k No!' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Very much an airport impulse buy because the idea of buying a book on saying no at a period in my life when I wanted to be better at asserting my boundaries seemed ideal. It's an easy read and full of loads of examples on how to say no in situations though I am not sure it warranted a whole book on the subject. The writing style is very in your face and you'll either love or loathe it.