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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Hunger in Books

Aug 2, 2017  
Hunger
Hunger
Roxane Gay | 2017 | Biography
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9.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Extremely brave account of weight and trauma
Roxane Gay's deeply moving, hard-hitting biographical account of rape and its consequences is harrowing and triggering. The profound impact it had on her life goes to explain all her decision making as a result. Not to explain away her feelings of her weight, but it shows a small tenet of how trauma can have such devastating results. It can be a little repetitive from a literary perspective but it's well worth all the kudos.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) created a poll

Feb 15, 2020 (Updated Feb 16, 2020)  
Poll
Fellow book lovers: Every year, I read a literary classic. Last year was @War and Peace. I'm having a hard time choosing for this year. This is my short-ish list thus far.

Edit: The reason these are kind of out there and not well known is because I've already read most of the mainstream classics.

Something else (suggestions welcome)

2 votes

@The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella Charlotte Lennox

4 votes

@The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne Ann Radcliffe

0 votes

@-s54c87d5d-ff4e-495b-89b4-53d512c3328d Stendhal

0 votes

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Elif Shafak recommended An Artist of the Floating World in Books (curated)

 
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Set in post-Second World War Japan, this is a masterfully written novel by the British-Japanese author about ageing, solitude, art, memory and the endless tricks it plays on our minds… Ishiguro is the kind of writer who each time asks the reader to trust him, come along for a walk in an unknown territory, and if need be, change perspective. But he does all this with an unwavering modesty and quiet intelligence that only further contributes to his literary strength."

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) in Movies

Sep 22, 2019  
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
2018 | Drama, History, Romance
8
7.0 (11 Ratings)
Movie Rating
A weepy number to end the weekend
This tale of love and loss takes us to the beautiful Island of Guernsey, where pig farmer Dawsey has been corresponding with Juliet. Juliet travels from London to meet the society that banned together over roast meat and literary greats, to fill the loneliness of the Nazi occupation of Guernsey in WWII. Juliet visits wanting to share their story, and instead shares their hearts and lives. A touching story of pain and healing.