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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

This main character is someone I would never want to know or be forced to come across. She came off as pretentious, and as I started to doubt whether I could resume reading this book and hope for some kind of character development, she only became more insufferable. I just couldn't do it, and so this became a DNF for me. No offense to anyone that may like this book, but for me, I do not have the time, energy, or desire to waste on a character so developmentally and spiritually low-level to weigh down my soul. I just cannot. 

The Hangman by Louise Penny

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Everything and more I had hoped for. 

"He needed her like air in the void. Three years, twenty, a hundred and five...it didn't matter. His love for her would outlast the very stars. When it did, they'd still be shining in the dark."

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Did not finish book.

I love thrillers/mystery, but I feel that constant reliance on shoving sex in people's faces is frankly lazy writing. 

Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice by Jon W. Wiles, Joseph Bondi

informative slow-paced

3.0

I did like this text, but I found the language to be biased, even if I do agree with much of the text. I just feel that an academic text should allow for readers to decide for themselves based on fact without subjective language. 

The Tears That Taught Me by Morgan Richard Olivier

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Weyward by Emilia Hart

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

Homage to "The Yellow Wallpaper" with an ending with fight and hope.

Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Kind of a real letdown. The ideas were there, but the clichés, predictability, and characterization turned me off/pissed me off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit