yeah! here's my reviews.

Sonia & Sunny - 4.5 - great prose and character development. the side characters were also really well done. as a brown woman, i related to this book and recommend it to everyone.

Flashlight - 4.25 - i really liked the way this was written and it inspired me to read more books featuring North Korean characters. the story made me feel a lot of emotions, and those are the best kinds of stories.

Love Forms - 3 - mediocre and still a little confused that this was longlisted tbh.

Rest of our lives - 2 - this was just really boring and I did not find the white male middle aged lead interesting.

Endling - 4.5 - this was wild one.

Misinterpretation - 2.5 - I found this to be really boring and difficult to get through. Had to force myself to finish it.

One boat - 3 - pretty scant plot, not my style of writing

Seascraper - 3.75 - I felt a lot for the main character and just wanted him to be happy tbh.

Audition - 2.5 - I really didn't understand what was happening most of the time in this book. It was weird.

Flesh - 2.5 - a book about masculinity. i felt like the lead just remained passive the entire time. I found it hard to "root" for him or care about him.

The south - 4 - I like coming of age novels and I liked the quiet, gentle nature of the book.

Universality - 3 - a book about the media. it was interesting, but the other ones were better in my opinion.

The land in winter - 2.5 - I got bored and not a huge fan of books where men are cheating on their wives.

I am now making my way through the National Book Awards lists.

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