Technically for school, but (let's be honest) this is something I'd read for fun anyway.

Phew, this had many more layers than I expected it to, but I'm still torn. I'm a sucker for campus novels, so I held on as the typical dude psyche got creepier and creepier. It almost has two endings: one totally redeeming, brilliant twist and one gut-punch that needs a trigger warning. I almost wish it had made it through to the #ToB17 shortlist because I'd love to read discussion on it.

An overlooked favorite from a few years back that clocks in at 553 pages. #FunFridayPhoto

Full review on the blog today, but this book is BANANAS in the best way. So odd and ominous and creepy, it was nearly impossible to put down. Totally different setting and story, but if you loved the way you felt reading The Beautiful Bureaucrat, this is a book for you.

Finally going back to read her debut.

Super interesting look at the way algorithms dominate our world, in areas like employment, criminal justice, and education. Not nearly as mathy as it sounds, much more focused on the inequality these "WMDs" can lead to.

I'll hop in on the #FunFridayPhoto with a #shelfie. Part of my presentable fiction favorites. There are several other not-so-well-groomed shelves in this house.

Book #2 of 2017 is shaping up to be perfectly weird.

How do you even explain a book like this?? First, it's not the George Saunders you may be expecting, but it's just as great. Part novel, part nonfiction, part play, part nothing you've ever read before. Allllll worth reading.

More train reading! 🚂 #readathon

Train reading! Headed to New York to see Hamilton 😍

I'm an unsettled reader lately, so essays/interviews are working well.

I started this several weeks ago and it was lost in the madness of starting school. I'm glad I was able to pick it back up again today.

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Starting the month with some fierce ladies.

My favorite book from September. Loved how real the characters were and how Bennett allowed us to see every angle of their lives through the chorus of the "Mothers". I'll have a full review up on the blog soon!

Been meaning to read this for so long!

😭 Another book that has to go back before I can read it.

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Such pretty book mail today! The Guineveres hits shelves in a few weeks, but we have some time on The Woman Next Door (Feb 2017).

Remember when Saturdays were for fun reading?? 😭😭😭

I read about 80% of this as an audiobook and actually preferred that format. It's definitely big, sprawling, and a little too neat at times, but it's one of the better reading experiences I've had this year, for sure.

I found the beginning and end of this much stronger than the middle, which lost me in the slow pace, but I still recommend it for anyone who loves a unique perspective and gorgeous writing.

If this book reads half as gorgeous as it looks, I'm in for a treat.

I absolutely loved the writing in this one, particularly the way Konar builds a fantasy-like world between her main characters. The end, however, just felt jarringly unrealistic and almost soured the rest of the novel for me.

Lucy Barton popped up in my library holds today, so here's hoping a super short read means I won't run out of time!

Sadly, this fabulous sounding chunkster has to go back to the library before I can get to it. But back on the list it goes.

Shifting to print! Of course I choose the 600 page book the month I start school.

Loved Bernadette so much that starting this makes me nervous, but here we go.

Hi, I was the last person on Earth to read this book, so you probably don't need me to tell you how great it is.

Great, incredibly thought-provoking essays on race, protest, diversity, and segregation with a pulse on what's happening right now, including the rise of Donald Trump. #nonfiction

Tragic. I'm not cut out for audiobooking.