Carrie Reads

If forced to tell you what my favorite hobby is, I’d say reading. Sexy, I know.

After I finish a book, I challenge myself to distill my thoughts about it into one sentence. Below are some highlights from my Goodreads.

THe Sun ALSO rises

Jake Barnes takes getting friend-zoned to a whole new level :/

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Me

If I had been born 70 years earlier, and Elton John was straight, and I had caught his eye at a concert, could we have ended up together and would “Tiny Dancer” be dedicated to me?

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Even though I now know what a “mise-en-place” is, I will continue to cook with the type of chaos that would’ve made Anthony Bourdain shudder.

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The Midnight Library

Luckily my “Book of Regrets” is quite slim, but one chapter would be about quitting gymnastics in favor of ballet at the age of 5.

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IN COLD BLOOD

Had to keep reminding myself it’s non-fiction.

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ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS

In some ways, we’re still fighting the Vietnam War.

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ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY

I, too, resented having to go to speech therapy.

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Normal People

Would there have been a happier ending if Connell had taken Marianne to the Debs?

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1984

Adds fuel to the fire of my deep fear of rats.

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Then She Was Gone

Literally no one asked for a happy ending.

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THe Nickel Boys

Did not see that one coming.

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SICK IN THE HEAD: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND COMEDY

I feel compelled to Google Mel Brooks and watch Freaks and Geeks

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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

Not sure if I’ve ever been angrier at a fictional parent’s betrayal before.

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THE GIVER

If my middle school teacher had asked me to write an essay on this, I would conclude that it’s impossible to experience love without also experiencing pain.

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