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

 All the books I read in June and what I thought of them I don't remember what I did last month, so I probably didn't do anything important. It's too hot out to do anything important five months out of the year. I've thought about moving to far southern Chile so I can do important things all year, but I haven't thought about it seriously. In June I read 10 books, and, as always, I have thoughts about all of them.   ✨✨✨ Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I liked the parts where it was snowy, and I especially liked the part where the protagonist buys yams and reminisces about his childhood. This book was wild and the author kept me pretty invested for almost 600 pages, which is an accomplishment. The 1950s was a great decade for books.  ❄️❄️❄️ Loveless by Alice Oseman rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's difficult to explain how much I loved this book, so I won't. Alice Oseman always slays.  💞💞💞 East of Eden by John Steinbeck (rerereread) rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My love for t