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Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

3.0

The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau

3.0

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

2.0

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

3.0

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.0

Was not impressed. As many other reviews state, it should be retitled as “list essays” about inspiring life ideas. Most of the essays are more bullet point lists. The concepts can be intriguing but fall flat and are contradictionary (for example, it is mentioned on multiple occasions not to catastrophize, but then also recommended to “think through worst case scenarios”). It also assumes the reader is a very certain type of privileged probably white person in their 20s. 

There are a few good nuggets but overall one has to extract them from a lot of repetitive and hypocritical superficiality that makes grandiose statements as if they are Truth. 

Framed by Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

adventurous emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships by Dave Baird, Richard C. Schwartz

informative slow-paced

3.5

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children by Alyssa Blask Campbell, Lauren Elizabeth Stauble

informative medium-paced

3.0

Good message, very repetitive