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Blue Iris: Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing

4.0

favorites: spring / freshen the flowers, she said / a blessing / morning at blackwater / how would you live then? / poppies / upstream
Innocence by Roald Dahl

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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dark informative reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 23 by Koyoharu Gotouge

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

5.0

"I don't need to be stronger than you to kill you. I just have to make you weaker."

tamayo-san's presence until the very last page, teamwork within the pillars and the even the weaker ones who can't even use a sword, another astounding twists
(switch between the mc and muzan, the remaining wisteria; kanao final form with. one. eye.)
...yea
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 21 by Koyoharu Gotouge

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 20 by Koyoharu Gotouge

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

one of the best and saddest backstories ever it;s painful but i love it sm

some of my fave lines:
“we are not so great as you make us seem, we are but a line in the long, long book of human history.”
“how wonderful it would be if talent was given to those who wanted. yoriichi seemed painfully bored by discussions of swordfighting.”

“...you transcended the laws of nature... and then lived out your life, defeating me again by escaping death at my hands.”
“i think of this flute you gave me... as you.” and then he fucking sliced it