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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to echo some other posters that All the Light We Cannot See should be on the list.  Such a beautiful, sad book.

So should Homegoing.  That book is really powerful and I think portrays generational trauma and oppression artfully.[/quote]

I realize everyone has different tastes but I just can’t imagine thinking “I am going to spend my weekend reading a novel of generational trauma and oppression.”  It sounds like emotional self-flagellation.  [/quote]

Wow this is a weird post. There are many of us who would read books like that on weekends.

Go read People magazine.[/quote]

So I guess this is slamming me as both weird and stupid/shallow?  I, at least, acknowledged that everyone has different tastes and preferences.  It seems to me “weird” to fail to recognize that people have different interests.  (Maybe if you read different types of fiction you’d have a more inclusive and less demeaning approach to others?)
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You called it "emotional self-flagellation." When do you suggest to read such books?[/quote]

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