Becky

This was my first time re-visiting this series since high school and I was really charmed by it all over again! I can't wait to see how the rest of the re-read goes, but it felt nice being back in the "Fruits Basket" world for a little while.

Really charming and lovely, funny and sweet story about believing in yourself and finding home. A little formulaic and the very end was a little disappointing, but definitely a book I’ll be buying for little libraries and classrooms and a series I’ll be finishing.

I read this for work as a resource for HR/DEI. I was hoping to find a resource that decentralized US/ UK notions of DEI and learn from that perspective. And while those topics are present in the book, I think it worked best as a memoir and case study of learning and building a policy case. Worth reading, but possibly mis-marketed.

This book felt like a time capsule, with its reliance on discussions and fears around the HPV vaccine. It also felt a little disjointed and its focus a little loose. I felt like the author was trying to say something about the way we police teenage sexuality but lost that plot in her investigation of crime and group fear/ psychosis events. Overall, the book was definitely readable but I don’t think it’s the authors strongest.

Not my cup of tea. Everything felt repetitive and strongly telegraphed. Nothing happened between pages 51 to 541 that couldn't be guessed in the first fifty pages. I had a hard time liking the main character or finding a unique personality in any of the supporting characters. Just...not for me, but I'm happy for folks who like it and happy I checked it out to see what the hype was about.