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83 reviews

Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance by Elisheva Baumgarten

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany by Lyndal Roper

challenging dark slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture

Moderate: Misogyny

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by Brian P. Levack

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

A History of Medieval Heresy and Inquisition by Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane

challenging informative fast-paced

4.5

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats: Revised Second Edition by W.B. Yeats
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

Fantastic poet, would recommend, but not hitting right now. Will return to it for sure.

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, War

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

A History of Judaism by Martin Goodman

informative slow-paced

4.0

Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

I didn't say it was good i said that i liked it