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all the books i read in january and what i thought of them

 All the books I read in January and what I thought of them I was at home on break for a majority of this month so I started this very unsustainable streak wherein I finished a book every day. Then I went back to school and this was no longer possible. All I wanted to do over break was sleep and read. I think this was the life I was meant to be living. I hate society. Instead of getting a college degree and a real job, I think I should become a professional book blogger and only do things I completely enjoy. Or I could become a heiress. If anyone wants to leave me a large sum of money in their will, please let me know.  ✨✨✨ Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was expecting this book to be more exciting, but it turned out to mostly be about this guy vibing as he successively gets reincarnated as different animals. Actually, I think he is too angsty to be described as "vibing." But it was a fun book. 🐂🐖🐕 The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket (reread) ratin

some statistics and trends in the books i read last year

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Some statistics and trends in the books I read last year I think I've always been in my pleasantly displayed data era, but it was only this year I learned how to make pie charts in google sheets. Except they didn't turn out very well, so I just googled "make a pie chart" and found a website that makes pie charts. And now I am going to subject you to my pie charts. This chart displays the genres of the books I read. Since the small slices of the pie chart don't have labels, I will helpfully inform you that I also read three alleged nonfiction books, two thrillers, two sci fi books, one YA historical fiction book, one fanfiction, one children's book, and one book that I categorized as "bad" because I'm not really sure what genre Anxious People fits into, but I sure didn't like it. The alleged nonfiction books were books that consider themselves nonfiction, but I did not feel comfortable putting in categories with books that make true claims abo