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2025 Reading Goal

17% complete! jterryn has read 12 of 70 books.

Kaveh Akbar: Martyr! (2024, Knopf)

Poet Akbar (Calling a Wolf a Wolf) explores the allure of martyrdom in this electrifying …

Review of 'Martyr!: a Novel' on 'Goodreads'

One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Couldn’t put it down. It is a tough read and talks about a lot of uncomfortable subjects, but it is masterfully written and such an interesting story. At the end of the book I was left wanting more. I was so in love with the story.

David Boyd, Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett: Breasts and Eggs (Hardcover, 2020, Europa Editions)

On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo, where her sister Natsu …

Review of 'Breasts and Eggs' on 'Goodreads'

I loved it. I thought the prose was beautiful and I liked the weight she gave to each character. I felt like I could understand each character on a minute level. She did a good job talking about each character’s struggles. At times it was a bit repetitive and the motif was a little ham fisted, but I’d give the book a 4.5/5.