Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My rating is kind of nonsense as I have basically no idea how I feel about this book. It is unrealistic in the number of dramatic things that hold up its framework- surrogacy, adoption, abortion- pick a lane. But like the photographer in the book, Ng takes a number of topics and weaves them into a cohesive (though sometimes contradictory because hey real life is complicated) monstrous whole about privilege, justice, and family. Glad I read it but I'm going to be unpacking this one for awhile.

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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a beautiful, heart-breaking, and mostly joyful book. I will definitely reread this book for years to come. It starts off a bit silly because Anne is just 11 at the beginning of the book, but by the time it ends she's 16, and the pages can barely contain her amazing soul.

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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

More of a children's book than Little Women. The boys have little adventures, and none of them have very distinct personalities except Dan. The famous Jo March is so changed she's basically unrecognizable. Alcott follows her old formula and throws in a family death but it's not so central to the story this time so it's not very moving.

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