Valerie Loveland

Half of this book was fantastic. If we could remove the romance out of this book and maybe fix up the ending, it could be amazing. I kept going back and forth about whether or not to give it 3 or 4 stars, but the parts that are good are so good that I think it is worth reading the bad parts. I am going to recommend it to people, but also give a bunch of warnings.

I got this book from the library because I did a search for weird books and took a bunch of them out of the library.

I enjoyed a lot of the book, but had a few issues with the end. She didn't exactly get saved by her boyfriend, but I don't think the America's leading lady astronaut, Amanda Jaworski would have needed much help saving herself since she was a genius and athlete, and she seemed to be exceptional at everthing. This is probably the most feminine scifi book I've read and I love the tone.

I loved this, like everything Shirley Jackson writes. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is still my favorite, but this one is wonderful too.

I recently made a deal with myself that I can read whatever I want on my commute, so I requested a bunch of books that were on a “weird books” list. This one was pretty strange. I enjoyed the surprises, conflicting narrators.

This collection was gorgeous and I loved reading it. I haven't read her before.

Liked this. I think it was atmosphere more than anything but I don't mind.

I loved seeing events from poets' lives in a timeline. So fun! The poems were also very well written.

I tore through this book in less than 24 hours. It is my first Agatha Christie book and wanted to read it because the movie looked fun. The book was great and I see why so many people love Agatha Christie. I will have to read more of her books.

Dreamy poems

Enjoyed this weird, funny book.

I've read several Robert Lowell biographies and read books about Boston in the 60s but this book still has a lot to offer. I liked the stories about all the other poets in the circle, especially the women poets.

Collection of letters, news clippings, and actual trial transcript about the pornography case against Howl. I liked the format of the book–I was expecting someone to talk about the case, but it was more like a compilation of items related to the case.

The poems in this book are wonderful. I kept being surprised and/or amused by the connections the poet made.

Fun horror book that I initially did not give enough credit. It was engrossing, fun, and a quick read.

Fantastic book. The more people who read this, the better.

Maura Stanton's Snow on Snow and Cries of Swimmers are some of my favorite poetry books. I don't like any of her books as much as those two. I don't like her form books, which she has more recently gotten away from. I liked these fine, and I think if I weren't comparing this book to my favorites of hers, I would probably like it more.

This is weird, creative and creepy in the best way.

I thought this book was the opposite of what it actually is. I didn't know that this book was for me. She won me over when she called herself a hag.

My favorite quote from the book: “I aim to be a female monster too.”

This was fine but I wish there was more bite.

Trying to be a better student without it taking over my life. There are some good tips in here.

I'm going to try out some of these methods next semester.

Ai writes the darkest books in the world.

I heard a lot of interviews with the author (co-founder of OK Cupid) and was looking forward to reading this. The whole book centered around data related to dating, which makes sense, since that is the data Rudder has access to. My husband and I met on OK Cupid so I was especially interested in reading it. The book was a little short, but good.

I haven't had this much fun reading a book since I read Dracula a few summers ago. The book has some of the best tension and mood of any book that I've ever read and I loved the narration. It was a joy to read.

I knew almost nothing about Hawaiian history when I started reading this and I feel like I know a lot more now. I do want to read another book or two about Hawaii, especially since so many people are talking about how this book is not “politically correct.” I would like to find out more about why people may be saying this in their reviews. I would hate to think I am just accepting an unfair view of history.