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Anarchism: What It Is & What It Isn't by Chaz Bufe

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

Decent intro into anarchism
Sistersong by Lucy Holland

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Interesting story about ancient Britons holding off against the Saxons. I worked out the twist with a character pretty early on and the two sisters sides of tge story interested me far less than the one of Keyne
(Constantine).

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Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Daisy Johnson, Emma Glass, Naomi Booth, Irenosen Okojie, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A wonderful collection of reimagined folk tales I had never heard of before. 

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The Individual, Society and the State by Emma Goldman

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Decent points but doesnt really answer the question about people who have no interest in cooperation. 
Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

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hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I don't think i have the words to express how much you need to read it, absorb its contents and move to make positive change 
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Poetry that bounds between joy and despair, the words will stay with me
Circe by Madeline Miller

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

5.0

Poetry in prose, its an absolute gem. 

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

A semi-autobiographical account of a life of a child brought up in an extreme religious background and the backlash she received when her lesbianism was discovered, I couldn't put it down. I found my mind wandering through on the fairy tale aspects - I was vastly less interested in those than the actual story.

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Writing what you know by The Open University

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Great little book introducing what it means to write what you know. 
Signal Failure by David Wailing

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Little horror story about trains and how scary it is when things go wrong 

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