This is the third graphic memoir I have read this year. I’ve never really enjoyed biographies or memoirs, but this one was really interesting. I never considered all the emotions someone goes through when they are struggling with their identity.
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jaymeb reviewed Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Gender Queer: A Memoir is a 2019 graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe. …
Review of 'Gender Queer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
jaymeb reviewed Matrix by Lauren Groff
Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn …
Review of 'Matrix' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I almost gave this book three stars, but it really is well-written. I just couldn’t connect with the character of Marie.
jaymeb rated We Are Bellingcat: 4 stars
We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins
We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News is a 2021 autobiographical account of open …
jaymeb rated The Next Great Migration: 4 stars
jaymeb rated How High We Go in the Dark: 4 stars
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
jaymeb reviewed Lakewood by Megan Giddings
A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part …
Review of 'Lakewood : a novel' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I liked how Lena was written - I could really empathize with her desperation and fear. But the ending felt rushed.
jaymeb reviewed Button Pusher by Tyler Page
A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and …
Review of 'Button Pusher' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I checked out this book for my son so he could understand a little more about how my brain works. But I ended up reading it myself and thought it was an excellent way for others to understand the struggle of those diagnosed with ADHD.
jaymeb reviewed Broke in America by Joanne Samuel Goldblum
Review of 'Broke in America' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was an excellent read. There are so many aspects of poverty that I did not even consider until reading this book.
jaymeb rated African Town: 4 stars
African Town by Irene Latham, Charles Waters
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin …
jaymeb rated Supreme Inequality: 4 stars
Supreme Inequality by Adam Cohen
In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, …
jaymeb reviewed The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Review of 'The Plot' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I really enjoyed this book even though I guessed the twist early on.
jaymeb reviewed Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …
Review of 'Four Thousand Weeks' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I never studied philosophy, but this book makes me wish I had. Best book on getting the **** over yourself I have ever read.
