Riccarton High School

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Melvin

7,015 pts

(6,843 pages read)

Butch is a Noun

By S. Bear Bergman

5 stars

If you're only gonna ever read one book about gender theory, read this one. Beautifully written and compassionate.
Judgment Prey

By John Sandford

4 stars

Stupid and fun- well plotted
The Queens of Sarmiento Park

By Camila Sosa Villada

5 stars

If you only read one book in 2024, make sure it is this one.
Crook Manifesto

By Colson Whitehead

5 stars

More NYC stories from a genius
If I Survive You

By Jonathan Escoffery

5 stars

Magic brutalism exquisitely rendered
Lola in the Mirror

By Trent Dalton

5 stars

Beautiful - Brisbane magic realism
The Trees

By Percival Everett

5 stars

Read this book
The Year of the Locust

By Terry Hayes

1 stars

Couldn't finish. Kept wanting it to redeem itself because fundamentally it was an adventure story. However, moronic and in bad taste in today's political climate.
So Late in the Day

By Claire Keegan

5 stars

Bleak and depressing exploration of misogyny
Ghost Season

By Fatin Abbas

5 stars

Set in South Sudan 2002 at an NGO compound this story is fascinating, delicate, and brutal.
This Other Eden

By Paul Harding

2 stars

Too bleak for me. Not a good student of historical fiction.
Bad Boy

By Peter Robinson

3 stars

Banks being Banks, some dodgy misogyny
Western Lane

By Chetna Maroo

5 stars

Uncomfortable navigation of grief as it distorts time and space
The Drop

By Michael Connelly

3 stars

Bosch being Bosch
How to Loiter in a Turf War

By Coco Solid

5 stars

Gentrification as colonisation
Lost and Hound

By Rita Mae Brown

4 stars

The talking animals were the best part
Penance

By Eliza Clark

4 stars

Terrifying exploration of teenage cruelty and violence.
Vernon Subutex 3

By Virginie Despentes

5 stars

The third book in a chaotic and brutally comic Parisien milieu.
Sula

By Toni Morrison

5 stars
Devil Makes Three

By Ben Fountain

5 stars

Set in Haiti in 1992, Devil Makes Three explores the world's first Black Republic as constantly under attack from the West. Well written characters combined with a rollicking plot make this a deeply satisfying read. Kinda The Comedians meets Foucault meets The Bourne Identity meets Baron Samedi.
The Bee Sting

By Paul Murray

3 stars

Didn't finish- read first narrative and was intrigued, but second narrative did not change pace enough for me.
The Mantis

By Kotaro Isako

1 stars

Didn't finish. Bought a copy coz I fell for the publisher's banner, "Bestselling author of Bullet Train". Unless you are into plot less domestic misogyny avoid this book.
Scission

By Tim Winton

5 stars

Somehow have missed this Australian author but randomly picked up his first book. Brutal and tight. Stories of banal terror.
No Trace

By Michael Trant

1 stars

Didn't finish, not my jam- but will be someone's. Set in outback Oz the story of a crim whose past is catching up with him.
We Begin at the End

By Chris Whitaker

4 stars

rip roaring yarn for a wet day- protagonist a 14 year old self described outlaw

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Riccarton High School

Top 10 team members

Melvin

CarmenKt

Mr Campbell

Goofy Girl

Belinda49

Minervah

Blue Book Dragon

Lucia

RHS Library Ninja

jmay

Melvin

Butch is a Noun

Judgment Prey

The Queens of Sarmiento Park

Crook Manifesto

If I Survive You

Lola in the Mirror

The Trees

The Year of the Locust

So Late in the Day

Ghost Season

This Other Eden

Bad Boy

Western Lane

The Drop

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Lost and Hound

Penance

Vernon Subutex 3

Sula

Devil Makes Three

The Bee Sting

The Mantis

Scission

No Trace

We Begin at the End

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