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

 All the books I read in May and what I thought of them Yesterday (at the time of writing) I had my wisdom teeth forcibly appropriated from my face and now I am convalescing (even though I am not really in a condition that requires convalescing any longer) and have finished three books during my convalescence and also eaten a lot of butternut squash soup. This is a win. This month, I read 12 interesting and exciting books. I came home after commencement and basically all I've done since then is read, and have my wisdom teeth stolen from me (they didn't let me keep my wisdom teeth when they took them out). So you see, finals week was not my final week!! I finished finals week, it did not finish me.  ✨✨✨ What Do Muslims Believe? by Ziauddin Sardar rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I really liked the writing style of this book; it was conversational and engaging and also really helpful for one of my final papers. You can tell that the author is a liberal Muslim but I didn't mind that bias because

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

 All the books I read in April and what I thought of them In April I read 6 books and most of them were about Islam and all of them were for school in some capacity. It was not a terribly interesting reading month, and I miss reading books entirely for fun that are exciting instead of boring and/or sectarian, but these things are hard to make time for when one is really busy procrastinating going to sleep and doing one's homework. Reading for fun is sort of a hard habit to get back into. But now I am rerereading SPQR which is one of my comfort nonfiction books, and I have an extremely ambitious reading list for the summer, and it's almost finals week!! Or possibly my final week? You can draw a conclusion as to which one depending on whether you hear from me next month. Just kidding, it could never be my final week because death fears me.  It is going to be a good summer. I feel that my life is improving, even though I hate this godforsaken wretched season (spring), as well as t