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Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton

4.0

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton

fast-paced

3.5

It felt like it was too short to really go anywhere. I really enjoy Hinton's writing style so I had a good time reading this, but it could've had more meat to it. Didn't feel like a lot happened. It was more of a snapshot of this person's story than anything, and I think a longer story would've been justified here.

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

3.75

Animal Farm by George Orwell

dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.

I liked the concept, the setting, and characters, but I was insanely bored while reading this. Despite all the good it had going for it, I just wasn't clicking with it. 

Not Pounded By Anything: Six Platonic Tales Of Non-Sexual Encounters by Chuck Tingle

3.5

Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

fast-paced

1.5

Kleinbaum took every bit of charm from the movie and crushed it, threw it in donkey poop and spat a big ol juicy glob of halitosis saliva right on top of it. 

Eh, maybe that was a little bit of an exaggeration, but this book was rushed, poorly written, and aggressively uninspired. It felt like a mediocre screenplay. That is really not what you want to see in a novel. I really wouldn't be as insulted by this had I not seen the movie, but when you compare the two you can see one is significantly worse than the other (hmm I wonder which).

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Into the Wild by Erin Hunter

literally my introduction into reading. I would not be on this platform right now if it weren't for Warriors