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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really liked this book up until the third act dramatics started. The ending was also cute
Q by Christina Dalcher

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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A Message From Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

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

4.0

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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

5.0

i really liked this and the focus on the bravery of asking for help. I feel this is up there with The Little Prince in terms of speaking simply about life
The Metamorphosis and other Stories by Franz Kafka

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

2.5

just so weird
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This one dragged too much for me. The story itself is fine, and I'd say the plot was fairly predictable from the beginning. Unfortunately, there weren't were very few additions/surprises along the way that helped pace of the plot. 

It just felt like I was waiting for the inevitable and so I wasn't invested or excited to pick the book in between sittings. All in all, it's a cute story and there are some great character (I loved Nelson and Mei), but it had so much potential and did not live up to it. 
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Lykke og glede by Amy Tan

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
I read a Norwegian translation of the book. I loved the first stories, but the way it is written/translated just makes it drag a bit for me. I will try it in English for sure, because I do want to read this book and I liked the stories