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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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challenging hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

God what a beautiful book. I can't believe I've gone this long without reading it.
"Dear God. Dear stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples. Dear Everything. Dear God.
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

yet another book that made me cry at the dinner table
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

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4.75

I have never read a book where every bad decision was made and I still respected every one of those bad decisions
Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya Lalli

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

THE TOE THING????
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amélie Wen Zhao

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adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

this book was fine. mostly boring, sometimes really good. generally fine. definitely better than the first one though. idk maybe it's bc I had to wait a year in-between Books. 
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
such a beautiful little novel, and has some great book recs inside
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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dark reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

I will forgive murakami's insane portrayal of women in this book for just how amazing it is written
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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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fast-paced

2.75

I was hoping I could ignore the flaws throughout the book but then the ending came. 
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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5.0

this book made me cry almost as much as song of achilles so
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I avoided this book for a long time because it was about snow and I thought it would romanticize him, but I should've know Suzanne would have my back.