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Be Ready When the Luck Happens

Ina Garten

5.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Rape

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.5

funny mysterious 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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Trafficking, Murder

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Imani Perry

5.0

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

The Pee Wee Jubilee

Judy Delton

4.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Connie: A Memoir

Connie Chung

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

Good Dirt

Charmaine Wilkerson

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

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Switching to the hardcover edition 

Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times

Sara Grace, Bishop Michael B. Curry

5.0

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Pregnancy, War, Classism

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Mr. Perfect on Paper

Jean Meltzer

3.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Antisemitism