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64
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Longest Book
528
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Average book length in
2024
218
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Bill’s
average rating for
2024
4.2
4.2
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4.71
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Bill’s first review of the year
it was amazing
Amazing graphic novel, where the author's own exploration of gender interconnects with their years of interviews with others about their own gender, identity, expression, and experiences. At first I thought it was an odd title, but you realize how many times -- as one of the interviewees responds, and as comes up in some later narratives -- it's so tempting to just respond "fine" when asked about how we feel our identities, our bodies, or other s
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Bill’s last review of the year
really liked it
Like a lot of Roz Chast's work, the cartoons in this volume mostly revolve around the theme of re-casting other places, works, or ideas in the frame of mind of a New Yorker, and when that theme clicks, there are some great laughs -- the "Central Park County Fair" is one of my favorites. Some of the others are just absurd ("Rogue Salad Bar"), but everything in this collection is at least mildly entertaining.
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