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The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai
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Wow, what a gut punch 😥. This is a 5 ⭐️ read for me, but it's not an easy read by any means. The author uses dual timelines to show the lives of a group of gay men in Chicago at the height of the AIDS epidemic and the lasting trauma for those who lived through it. Yale will stay with me a long time.

ncsufoxes This is one of my favorite books I‘ve ever read. Even though it‘s so heartbreaking 6h
Donna1980 The exact same words as my review of this book. Yale is definitely a character that lives in your heart. 3h
Lesliereadsalot Loved this one! 3h
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Red, White and Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
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#LongDistanceLove 💕 ✈️ 🌊 ❤️🤍💙

#FeelinTheLove 🍓🍰💌🧸💝🍫❣️🎀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs ❤️🤍💙 10h
bookishbitch I loved this one. 16m
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Nebklvr
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This is not an easy read but it is an inspiring one. Ma-Nee experienced multiple episodes of violence and abuse, racism, homophobia, and homelessness. Her ability to forgive and to release the bitterness and anger towards those who caused her harm is beautiful and hard won. This may not be the best written narrative but it is an amazing one. #CanadaReads

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deirdrebeecher
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KJ Charles is an excellent Romance novelist but unfortunately I don't enjoy romance. So I was delighted to discover she had written a historical mystery set in turn of the century Oxford. Enjoyed the characters a lot, there is a little romance but it was well integrated into the plot. Mystery was well done. Overall very solid, strong pick.

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OriginalCyn620
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Delightful! A wonderful story about acceptance and found family!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#pop25 - book about chosen family
#tbrtarot - written by an #lgbtq+ author
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterK

Texreader Keep up the good work!!! 1d
CBee Yay! This book is everything - the 2nd one is maybe even better (if that‘s possible)! 1d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 13h
aa_guer2021 Ugh. I have got to get to this one! 9h
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CBee
Memoirs | Tennessee Williams
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On the search for more good memoirs! Give me all you‘ve got! @Chelsea.Poole @britt_brooke @Megabooks tagging a few of my memoir lovers 😀

BookBelle84 My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinham is a favourite of mine! 1d
AmyG Are you on a jag???? 1d
lil1inblue I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I'm Supposed to Protect You From This by Nadia Spiegelman
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
Just Kids by Patti Smith (actually anything by Patti Smith)
Anything by Carrie Fisher
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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Deblovestoread I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O‘Farrell, The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton, These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks, Finding Me by Viola Davis (edited) 1d
Deblovestoread I‘m sure Donna can name a few, too, @MemoirsForMe 1d
MyNamesParadise Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly, The Woman in Me by Britney Spears, others I‘ve thought of have already been mentioned! 1d
MemoirsForMe If you like celebrity memoirs: My Name is Barbra, Cher‘s Memoir, Sonny Boy (Al Pacino), From Here to the Great Unknown, (Lisa Marie Presley), Finding Me (Viola Davis) Becoming (Michelle Obama), All About Me (Mel Brooks), In Such Good Company (Carol Burnett), My Life and Other Unfinished Business (Dolly Parton) and I‘ve got many more. 😉 1d
britt_brooke Celeb: From Here to the Great Unknown, Dinner for Vampires, Only Say Nice Things, Pamela Anderson‘s memoir, Paris Hilton‘s memoir, Elton John‘s. (edited) 1d
britt_brooke The Liars‘ Club, The Sound of Gravel, A Light in the Dark, Many Lives of Mama Love, In the Dream House, Hidden Valley Road, Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger 1d
britt_brooke Thanks for thinking of me, btw! Here‘s a link to my goodreads memoir/biography shelf if you want to take a look. I haven‘t read all of them, but a good chunk. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1136632?shelf=memoir-biography&sort=date_a... 1d
ferskner I just listened to Sorry for the Inconvenience and quite liked it! 1d
Chelsea.Poole The audio of this was amazing 1d
Chelsea.Poole @megabooks recommended this, otherwise I would not have discovered it and it's good! 1d
Chelsea.Poole One of the best I read last year, what an inspiration 1d
lynneamch Didn't know I'd care, but did! 1d
willaful Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson, All The Young Men, Good Talk by Mira Jacob, Educated. 1d
lynneamch A fave group from back in the day. 1d
Megabooks @deblovestoread already mentioned my all-time favorite, I'll tag it, but also several more. If you are on the storygraph, I am megabucks there too. Go to my all-time stats page, and you will find 500+ memoirs with ratings! 1d
Megabooks The ones I've listed to here are all the ones I have in the storygraph that I've given 5 stars to. I'll do a sweep to see what others I'd like to add! 1d
Megabooks His next main girlfriend spilled even more, but this was definitely more thoughtful and reflective 1d
Megabooks and I'd have to add my favorite Bourdain memoir 1d
CBee @Megabooks wow Meg 👏🏻👏🏻 thanks! I will say I‘ve hesitated to read anything by Bourdain - I was pretty broken up when he died 😥 But, maybe I can try him now! Going to find you on SG, I might need to try and compile all of these into a spreadsheet or something 😂😂😂 1d
CBee @Megabooks oh yes, I‘ve read that one! It was excellent @Deblovestoread 1d
Megabooks Missed this 5 star one, and I think I'll end here. On a great high note. I hope you find some you like! 1d
CBee @AmyG not really 😂 I just really love a good memoir and got inspired by the one I finished today 1d
CBee @lil1inblue LOVED the McCurdy and the Smith. I agree anything by Patti Smith is amazing ♥️ 1d
Megabooks @CBee yes, Bourdain's death was so difficult! Read In the Weeds. Tom was his long-time director, and he does a lot of really good wrestling with his own feelings about Tony's death and Tony's legacy. It's really good! (edited) 1d
CBee @Megabooks I‘ll try that one! 1d
CBee @OndinetheSea @Chelsea.Poole @britt_brooke @MemoirsForMe @lynneamch @willaful @ferskner @BookBelle84 thanks for the recs, I‘ll be busy figuring out which ones to read next! ♥️😀 1d
CBee @Chelsea.Poole finished that one today, it was excellent! 1d
CBee @britt_brooke loved Lisa Marie‘s memoir, loved Mama Love and Hidden Valley Road was great too! 1d
mhillis I would recommend this adoption memoir. I went to an author event last year and the book is so well written 1d
MysticFaerie From Here to the Great Unknown... Sociopath and My Beloved Monster are 3 that I would recommend. 1d
BookmarkTavern If you love The Princess Bride, I can‘t recommend this one enough! 23h
CBee @mhillis that sounds very good! 22h
CBee @MysticFaerie loved Lisa Marie‘s book! 22h
CBee @BookmarkTavern I do love that movie, so very much ♥️♥️ 22h
BookmarkTavern If you like audiobooks, I can‘t recommend it enough! He narrates it himself! A lot of the cast and crew do little cameos too! 22h
CBee @BookmarkTavern that sounds amazing! I do better with audio for memoirs for sure. 22h
CBee @Megabooks LOVED the Grohl book. 22h
Megabooks Best musician memoir I‘ve read!! 22h
Megabooks I am megabooks on the storygraph! (Megabucks is my childhood nickname. Megabooks the handle came as an offshoot of that!!) 22h
ReadingRachael I have really enjoyed reading a number of graphic memoirs over the past couple of years. 21h
CBee @Megabooks omg I totally thought you misspelled it. Megabucks is so cute 😂 21h
CBee @ReadingRachael thank you! Graphic novels have gotten me out of many a slump, but I haven‘t read any graphic memoirs yet. Will have to remedy that 😀 21h
Susanita Part memoir, part carpentry guide, part love letter to the city of Boston 18h
MemoirsForMe @britt_brooke @Megabooks Wow! Impressive lists. I just added many more to my TBR! 😁📚 3h
Megabooks @MemoirsForMe great!! 😁😁 2h
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Half Lost | Sally Green
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#LoveLost 💔 #FeelinTheLove 🍓🍰💌🧸💝🍫❣️🎀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 1d
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Read4life
When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore
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Based on her husband‘s experiences, McLemore brought these characters and this world to life beautifully. Magical realism with secrets, lore and superstitions. Powerful and vulnerable at the same time.

#BookSpinBingo #ReadOrDonate #Roll100

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1d
BooksandCoffee4Me Love magical realism and adding this to read! 1d
julieclair This sounds so good! Stacked! 22h
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Fammybooks
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This was a cozy read. I kind of enjoyed it since it was something I don‘t normally read.

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The Low, Low Woods | Carmen Maria Machado
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the way God and the company intended