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“How to Win The Bachelor” by Chad Kultgen and Lizzy Pace

How to Win The Bachelor: The Secret to Finding Love and Fame on America's Favorite Reality Show by Chad KultgenMy rating: 3 of 5 starsMy innocence as far as The Bachelor franchise goes was forever...

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“I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv” by Illia Ponomarenko

I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv by Illia PonomarenkoMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI just hope that someday Russia will experience exactly what it’s doing to Ukraine. Exactly the same. No...

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“Life on Svalbard” by Cecilia Blomdahl

Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia BlomdahlMy rating: 3 of 5 starsSo, where was I after reading this book? Probably booking my ticket to Svalbard — and...

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“The Ocean’s Menagerie” by Drew Harrell

The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life by Drew HarvellMy rating: 3 of 5 starsWhen I think of ocean animal life, it’s sharks and whales and dolphins and schools...

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“Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two by Ernest ClineMy rating: 1 of 5 starsGAME. FINALLY. OVER.For fck’s sake. That’s the phrase that repeats itself over and over in my Kindle notes as I was slogging my way through this...

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“Beautiful World, Where Are You” by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally RooneyMy rating: 2 of 5 stars“Purposeful awkwardness” is how I can describe this book in just two words. I don’t know whether that goes along with supposedly...

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“Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King” by Brad Matsen

Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King by Bradford MatsenMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI remember watching The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau as a mesmerized nine-year-old, completely awed by the beauty of the...

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“Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI was not underwhelmed or overwhelmed but just “whelmed”, which should be a word just like its “under-” derivative is becoming. Even the...

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“Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect” by Benjamin Stevenson

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin StevensonMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI’d advise anyone not trying to die to not hang around Ernest Cunningham; he has now penned two true crime nonfiction...

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“A Walk in the Woods”by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill BrysonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars “It would be useful (I wasn't quite sure in what way, but I was sure nonetheless) to learn to...

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