BurtBruh

BurtBruh OP t1_j2ao0mn wrote

I'll admit:

This whole controversy is still a bit "new" to me.

I do think that the whole thing could've been handled better. And the excerpts that people showed me seemed like is was very "Hispanderizing" of the characters.

Ah well. I know some people say it was "overblown" but I can see why people would be upset, even if the news item did gain more traction compared to other stories of its kind.

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BurtBruh t1_j29e7ry wrote

Do you, perhaps focus too much on reading the books that "score well" and get good reviews but don't do much for you?

You need to think of a topic and get something out of it. Or at least read stuff you are genuinely interested in. It's hard to explain, but I had this same problem as you; I went on a decade-long hiatus of not reading.

Now I read every day, more or less.

Don't go for the "famous" ones; go for the ones you know you'll enjoy, so to speak.

A bit hard to explain so forgive me if I'm not doing it well.

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BurtBruh OP t1_j25j1ze wrote

Physical print:

22 Seconds by James Patterson

The Judges List by John Grisham

The Noise by James Patterson

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Will by Will Smith

As the Wicked Watch by Tamaron Hall

Harlem Shuffle by Colsen Whitehead

E-books

The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Our Missing Hearts: A Novel by Celeste Ng

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