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My top ten reads of 2021
‘Tis the season for celebrating the best of the best here at The Charisian! In the span of ten spaces, I share the ten best books this year — number one is quite the wild boi!
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Five stars and one f**k you to Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘A Little Life’
This titan of a five-star book left me sobbing at midnight last night, and I don’t know if I’ll be okay. It’s like ‘The Song of Achilles’ all over again, straight down to the everlasting emotional trauma! Woo!