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AT (1676 KP) rated Cats of the Louvre in Books

Feb 3, 2020  
Cats of the Louvre
Cats of the Louvre
Taiyo Matsumoto | 2019 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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I wasn't sure what to expect when I happened to run across Cats of the Louvre on the shelf at my library. I'm glad I read it. It's full of art appreciation, mystery, some heartbreak, and cats when the Louvre is closed at night. It's an odd, magical story told in graphic novel form.
  
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Becs (244 KP) rated Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft in Books

Jan 2, 2020  
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
Tess Sharpe | 2018
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received a read and review copy from Netgalley for my full honest opinion. 

Overall, this was a great read. Some parts were completely terrible while others were absolutely fantastic. I would only reread parts of this novel as certain stories are better than the others but all in all, it's a 4 star read.
  
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Kara Skinner (332 KP) Jan 2, 2020

Nice! Sounds like a really interesting story.
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Edmund White recommended Our Lady of the Flowers in Books (curated)

 
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
Jean Genet | 2021
(0 Ratings)
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"Like Nietzsche, Genet believed in the "transvaluation of all values", by which bad is good and the ugly is beautiful. Whereas most writers treated homosexuality as a disease, Genet took the stronger position in linking it with evil and crime and sin. He invented the drag queen for literature in Divine in this novel."

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Yara Shahidi recommended Cat's Cradle in Books (curated)

 
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, Benjamin Kunkel | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
9.3 (7 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"“Cat’s Cradle” is a perfectly satirical novel poking fun at the arbitrary systems, institutions, and rules that hold society hostage, in a way that only Vonnegut could. It is easy to get lost in the fantastical island of San Lorenzo and its religion of Bokononism. A story with an even more fantastical back story."

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Roxane Gay recommended The Age of Innocence in Books (curated)

 
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton | 1920 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This is such an elegant novel. I love how Wharton finely details the lives of the New York wealthy, their intrigues, the ways they interact, the ways they indulge and deny themselves. And at the heart of it, passionate, unrequited love, and the quieter, more reserved love borne of duty. I’ll always love this book."

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Jeff Bezos recommended The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvements in Books (curated)

 
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvements
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvements
Eliyah Goldratt | 2004 | Business & Finance
(0 Ratings)
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"An exposition of the science of manufacturing written in the guise of the novel, the book encourages companies to identify the biggest constraints in their operations and then structure their organizations to get the most out of those constraints. The Goal was a bible for Jeff Wilke and the team that fixed Amazon’s fulfillment network."

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Rachel Kushner recommended Mercury in Books (curated)

 
Mercury
Mercury
Ariana Reines | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Until she writes another book of poetry, this collection, “Mercury,” for me is the apotheosis of Reines’s output and voice. You can read it like it’s a novel, turning pages until you get to the end, building a sense in your mind of the funny, gorgeous, odd, dirty, gnostic visions of one female gaze."

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