#whats mine and yours naima coster

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Books Read in 2022

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to read more books this year than I did last year.... which was 9 (lol) so, here they are:

(I also read more books cover to cover in a day or 2 than I ever have, and that is marked by *)

All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Clap When You Land, Elizabeth Acevedo ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami, Sonali Deraniyagala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

What's Mine and Yours, Naima Coster ⭐️/5

They Went Left, Monica Hesse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Firekeeper's Daughter, Angeline Boulley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Midnight Library, Matt Haig ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Panic, Lauren Oliver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

More Happy Than Not, Adam Silvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Orphan Collector, Ellen Marie Wiseman ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Heart Bones, Colleen Hoover ⭐️⭐️/5

House Rules, Jodi Picoult ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The First to Die at the End, Adam Silvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

I Must Betray You, Ruta Sepetys ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

Four Souls, Louise Erdrich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris ⭐️⭐️/5

Four Three Two One, Courtney Stevens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5*

We Are Lost and Found, Helene Dunbar ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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Morgan’s 2024 Reading List

Jan 2: The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah (4 stars)

Jan 10: Eragon - Christopher Paolini (re-read)

Jan 12: Eldest - Christopher Paolini (re-read)

Jan 15: Brisingr - Christopher Paolini (re-read)

Jan 19: Inheritance - Christopher Paolini (re-read)

Jan 26: England - Rick Steves (not rating)

Jan 30: Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel (2.5 stars)

Feb 16: The Poppy War - R. F. Kuang (1.5 stars)

Feb 18: The Good Part - Sophie Cousens (4.5 stars)

Feb 26: Trust - Hernan Diaz (4.5 stars)

Mar 5: Part of Your World - Abby Jiminez (2.5 stars)

Mar 12: Murtagh - Christopher Paolini (3.5 stars)

Mar 15: The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer (3.5 stars)

Mar 31: NW - Zadie Smith (3 stars)

Apr 8: The Sun Sets in Singapore - Kehinde Fadipe (1.5 stars)

April 17: How To End a Love Story - Yulin Kuang (4 stars)

April 30: The Club - Ellery Lloyd (4 stars)

May 5: Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt (3 stars)

May 11: Funny Story - Emily Henry (4.5 stars)

May 16: The Husbands - Holly Gramazio (4 stars)

June 1: House of Earth and Blood - Sarah J. Maas (3 stars)

June 2: The Women - Kristin Hannah (2.5 stars)

June 11: House of Sky and Breath - Sarah J. Maas (4 stars)

June 15: When He Was Wicked - Julia Quinn (re-read)

June 22: House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J. Maas (3 stars)

June 22: God Spare the Girls - Kelsey McKinney (1 star)

June 25: In Cold Blood - Truman Capote (not rating)

June 25: The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah (1.5 stars)

June 29: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall (4 stars)

July 3: Bad Summer People - Emma Rosenbaum (2.5 stars)

July 6: Widowland - CJ Carey (2 stars)

July 12: What’s Mine and Yours - Naima Coster (2 stars)

July 23: The Gifted School - Bruce Holsinger (4.5 stars)

July 29: All the Summers in Between - Brooke Lea Foster (dnf)

Aug 2: Cover Story- Susan Rigetti (4.5 stars)

Aug 7: Family Family - Laurie Frankel (5 stars)

Aug 17: Plays Well with Others - Sophie Brickman (4 stars)

Aug 23: Class Mom - Laurie Gelman (1.5 stars)

Aug 31: The Guncle Abroad - Steven Rowley (2 stars)

Sep 2: Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi (4.5 stars)

Sep 15: Twilight - Stephanie Meyer (re-read)

Sep 16: New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (re-read)

Sep 20: Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer (re-read)

Sep 22: Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer (re-read)

Sep 24: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (3.5 stars)

Sep 30: The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah (2 stars)

Oct 12: Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate (2.5 stars)

Oct 16: Lies and Weddings - Kevin Kwan (4 stars)

Nov 1: How to be Eaten - Maria Adelmann (1.5 stars)

Nov 2: Home Front - Kristin Hannah (2.5 stars)

Nov 7: The Rom-Commers - Katherine Center (3 stars)

Nov 20: Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas (1 star)

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Whats Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

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Book Review: What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

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Book Length: 368 pages

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My Review: I wanted so badly to love this book. There were a couple of times throughout where I contemplated not finishing it, but I hung in there until the end. I only liked Gee and the dog named Jenkins. Gee had such a compelling life story and Jenkins the dog was just more lovable than his owners. The rest of the characters weren’t doing it for me. I just couldn’t connect with them. Majority of the storyline was just not cohesive to me. It felt scattered. There were more parts that were hard to keep up with than parts that I actually could follow.

[bigtickhk]

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster https://amzn.to/2O2vfgY

https://bookshop.org/a/17891/9781538702345

[rivernovaa]

books i read in 2021

january

the ravens: kass morgan

the midnight library: matt haig

sisters: daisy johnson

how to be an anti racist: ibram x kendi

the hollow places: t. kingfisher

horrid: katrina leno

never let me go: kazuo ishiguro

a brief history of time: stephen hawking

the invisible life of addie larue: v.e schwab

they never learn: layne fargo

february

home before dark: riley sager

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous: ocean vuong

pretty girls: karin slaughter

sharp objects: gillian flynn

my sister the serial killer: oyinkan braithwaite

i’m thinking of ending things: lain reid

march

love warrior: glennon doyle

nori: rumi hara

killing commendatore: haruki murakami

when they call you a terrorist: patrisse cullors

the girl who drank the moon: kelly barnhill

violets and other tales: alice dunbar nelson

the complete poems of sappho

conversations with friends: sally rooney

the price of salt: patricia highsmith

aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe: benjamin alire saenz

my dark vanessa: kate elizebeth russel

inward: yung pueblo

april

enigma variations: andre aciman

everything i never told you: celeste ng

the mystic path to cosmic power: vernon linwood howard

beautiful broken girls: kim savage

the book of longings: sue monk kidd

there there: tommy orange

may

pretty little wife: darby kane

dark places: gillian flynn

sleepwalking: meg wolitzer

monday’s not coming: tiffany d jackson

the divines: ellie eaton

lore: alexandra bracken

after dark: haruki murakami

every heart a doorway (wayward children series) seanan mcguire

the divines (the diviners series): libba bray

last night at the telegraph club: malinda lo

june

84 charing cross road: helene hanff

down among the sticks and bones(wayward children series: seanan mcguire

nerveworld wake: marisha pessl

blue horses: mary oliver

i’ll give you the sun: jandy nelson

brokeback mountain: annie proulx

the dream keeper and other poems: langston hughes

dark matter: blake crouch

beneath the surge sky (wayward children series): seanan mcguire

dearly: margaret atwood

the hole: hye young pyun

writers and lovers: lily king

july

what’s mine and yours: naima coster

the night circus: erin morgenstern

the upstairs house: julia fine

the mothers: brit bennett

in an absent dream (wayward children series):seanan mcguire

august

catherine house: elisabeth thomas

september

girl a: abigail dean

the cruel prince (the folk and the air series): holly black

october

the elephant vanishes: haruki murakami

come tumbling down (wayward children series):seanan mcguire

november

upstream: mary oliver

a history of what comes next (take them to the stars series): sylvain neuvel

my year of rest and relaxation: ottessa moshfegh

circe: madeline miller

verity: colleen hoover

december

the maidens: alex michaelides

they both die at the end: adam silvera

beautiful world where are you: sally rooney

luster: raven leilani

tokyo ueno station: miri yu

house of hollow: kyrstal sutherland

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Reading recommendations for National Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month

[via BookPage]

From September 15th to October 15th, we celebrate the history, culture and contributions of Latinx people in the United States—and what better way to celebrate than with a book? Check out these great reads by Latinx authors who are breaking new ground in American literature.

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis

Cuba: an American History by Ada Ferrer

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Click through to see more titles.

[literateleah]

tagged by dez @sawasawako for 5 books i’m wanting to get into this year!!!! thank u queen 🫂🤍

- felicity by mary oliver

- the bluest eye by toni morrison

- what’s mine and yours by naima coster

- the turnout by megan abbott

- please ignore vera dietz by a. s. king

tagging anyone who sees this mwah ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 show me ur shelf!

[blairwitchapologist]

hello blair witch, could you please list out some of your favorite books? i am trying to get back into reading after a very long hiatus. my favorite genres are fantasy and "kitchen sink" type of dramas. if you read different kinds of books thats okay, you can still tell me what you like. thank you ☺️ have a good night 🪴🌙

ooooo this ask made me look into what a kitchen sink drama is and that sounds so interesting!!!! tbh i don’t really read a lot of fantasy 😅 but some of my fav books that i read last year + this year were

the crying book - heather christle

weather - jenny offill

territory of light - yuko tsushima

the collected schizophrenias - esme wang

sour heart - jenny zhang

what’s mine and yours - naima coster

you all grow up and leave me - piper weiss

and also i just picked up a copy of michelle zauner’s new book crying in h mart and i told myself i wasn’t gonna open it until i cleaned up around here a little bit but i broke and read the first chapter and aaaah it’s so good already!!! ❤️

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February Wrap Up: All the Queer Books I Read Last Month!

February Wrap Up: All the Queer Books I Read Last Month!

All the books I read in February! Thank you to Rock n Roll Heretic for sponsoring this video. Preorder links for Rock n Roll Heretic: https://amzn.to/3kPQS01​ https://www.indiebound.org/book/97805…​ http://www.sikivuhutchinson.com  Sapphic books mentioned: How Do We Relationship Vol 2 What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster (one lesbian point of view character) I Think I Love You by Auriane…

[girlonbooks]

What to read this month (based on your sign):

♈ Aries - Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce ♉ Taurus - What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster ♊ Gemini - Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge ♋ Cancer - Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall ♌ Leo - Sweetland by N.G. Peltier ♍ Virgo - Red Island House by Andrea Lee ♎ Libra - The Dating Plan by Sara Desai ♏ Scorpio - Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft ♐ Sagittarius - Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley ♑ Capricorn - The Conductors by Nicole Glover ♒ Aquarius - The Place Beyond Her Dreams Oby Aligwekwe ♓ Pisces - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

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thoughts on the four winds and what’s mine and yours? (i’ve read those within the last few years and i’m curious)

Oh boy… I have a bone to pick with Kristin Hannah…

I love that she’s made women in history a focal point of mainstream fiction. I loath her writing style and her methods of simplification— she doesn’t challenge readers at all, imo. Having her narrators know things they have no business knowing (when Frankie sees the helicopters flying low and is like “oh they’re spraying agent orange, that’s bad” in The Women) in service of scoring history knowledge points is lazy and a disservice to her readers. She could also benefit from shorter, tighter timelines: we don’t have to see the entire war/depression through, there is enough drama and heart in a shorter span to tell a commercial fiction story (and everyone knows how the big picture ends).

I wanted to love The Four Winds. I’m a big Steinbeck fan and was probably too ambitious to expect an updated, female-centered version of the Grapes of Wrath. This was NOT it. The prose was too shallow to develop any real connection to the characters, and yet it still felt like historical trauma porn. “Look at this strong woman! She’s suffering! Oops she’s a figurehead and oops her children are one-dimensional and OOPS now she’s [redacted]”

I’m only like 45 minutes out from finishing What’s Mine and Yours so still digesting. Naima Coster does not have Kristin’s shallow prose problem; the words themselves are lovely. Story-wise, though, I kept waiting for more drama, more connection, more depth. I didn’t care for anyone and the stakes felt extremely low.

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Get to Know Me

the sweet @caffeaye tagged me ❤️

Rules: Answer the questions & tag 9 people you want to get to know better. [or be like me and only tag people you already know too much about because you're too anxious to tag someone else lmao]

Favourite colour: mint green and lilac

Currently reading: What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster & Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown

Last Song: Eugene by Arlo Parks

Last Series: Hell's Kitchen lol

Sweet, spicy or savoury?: All savory all the time. Just put some sweet or spicy on my salty food aha

Craving: Gravy...I watched MasterChef Canada and they had poutine and I wanna try it lol

Currently working on?: trying to get employment so I can afford healthcare *cries in millennial*

I tag @thealexandrianroyals @simblrz @danielle-o-l

Idek 9 people who are active lol

[litwitlady]

April 2021 TBR

Nine books seems to be my happy number.

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Leviathan Wakes by S.A. Corey (and then maybe I can start watching The Expanse, finally)

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

In the Lateness of the World by Carolyn Forche

I have started four of these titles. I’d also like to throw in some more graphic novels/comics. We shall see. Happy Reading!

[rivernovaa]

BOOKS READ IN 2021

January

The Ravens: Kass Morgan (2 stars)

The Midnight Library: Matt Heig (3 stars)

Sisters: Daisy Johnson (2 stars)

How to be an Anti Racist: Ibram X. Kendi (5 stars)

The Hollow Places: T.Kingsfisher (2 stars)

Horrid: Katrina Leno (3 stars)

Never Let Me Go: Kanzu Ishiguro (3 stars)

A Brief History of Time: Stephen Hawking (4 stars)

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue: VE Schwab (2 stars)

They Never Learn: Layne Fargo (4 stars)

February

Home Before Dark: Riley Sager (2 stars)

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: Ocean Vuong (4 stars)

Pretty Girls: Karen Slaughter (2 stars)

Sharp Objects: Gillian Flynn (4 stars)

My Sister, the Serial Killer: Oiynkan Braithwaite (4 stars)

I’m Thinking of Ending things: Iain Reid (4 stars)

March

Love Warrior: Glennon Doyle: (3 stars)

Nori: Rumi Hara (4 stars)

Killing Commendatore: Haruki Marukami (4 stars)

When They Call you a Terrorist a Black Lives Matter Memoir: Patrisse Khan Cullors (4 stars)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Kelly Barnhill (3 stars)

The Complete poems of Sappho: Sappho (4 stars)

Violets and Other Tales: Alice Dunbar Nelson (4 stars)

Conversations with Friends: Sally Rooney (4 stars)

The Price of Salt: Patricia Highsmith (3 stars)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe: Benjamin Saenz: (4 stars)

My Dark Vanessa: Kate Elizabeth Russell ( 1 star) (took me two months to finish because it was so triggering)

April

Inward: Yung Pueblo (2 stars)

Enigma Variations: Andre Aicman (4 stars)

Everything I Never Told You: Celeste Ng (3 stars)

The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power: Vernon Howard (2 stars)

Beautiful Broken Girls: Kim Savage (3 stars)

The Book of Longings: Sue Monk Kidd (3 stars)

There There: Tommy Orange (3 stars)

May

Pretty Little Wife: Darby Kane (3 stars)

Dark Places: Gillian Flynn (3 stars)

Sleepwalking: Meg Wolitzer (3stars)

Monday’s Not Coming: Tiffany D Jackson (3 stars)

The Divines: Elle Eaton (3 stars)

Lore: Alexandra Bracken (2 stars)

After Dark: Haruki Murakami (4 stars)

Every Heart A Doorway: Seanan Mguire (5 stars)

The Diviners: Libba Bay (2 stars)

June

Last Night at the Telegraph Club: Malinda Lo (3 stars)

84. Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff ( 3 stars)

Down Among the Sticks and Bones Wayward Children book 2: Seanan McGuire (5 stars)

Blue Horses: Mary Oliver (5 stars)

I’ll Give You The Sun: Jandy Nelson (5 stars)

Brokeback Mountain: Annie Proulx (3 stars)

The Dream Keeper and other Poems: Langston Hughes (3 stars)

Dark Matter: Blake Crouch (3 stars)

Beneath the Sugar Sky: Wayward Children book 3: Seanan McGuire (5 stars)

Dearly: Margret Atwood (3 stars)

The Hole: Hye-Young Pyun (3 stars)

Writers and Lovers: Lily King (1 star)

July 2021

What’s Mine and Yours: Naima Coster (4 stars)

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Book Thoughts: What's Mine And Yours by Naima Coster

Book Thoughts: What’s Mine And Yours by Naima Coster

**this post is not complete** What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster “Wildflowers and busted tires swelled out of the plots of land where the old factories were boarded up. But in the past year, a brewing company had opened in one of the old buildings. They gave tours and served beer in tiny glasses.” “Gee was a truth teller: he liked to tell about what he saw, and he saw everything. It made…