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60 reviews

One Thousand Monsters by Kim Newman

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

My first book in this series. 3/5 of this book and like the first 200 pages are lowkey just exposition setting up characters. But the vampires are so damn weird and wacky and creepy (wtf Kuchisake).

This is a really cool world though, that I would like to explore more. If it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t be rating this as high.

The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

adventurous dark mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Felt a bit disjointed, and some are forgettable, but the good ones make you think. And it’s a fun read to see how someone from the 50s imagined our (2020s) near future.

When the Wind Blows by James Patterson

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

A quick and easy read for people who are on the go and can only read for like 5 minutes at a time. That’s not the style of books I enjoy, but there’s nothing wrong with the book I just really don’t like it’s prose.

The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

I do not understand how Miles solved it. However, this was an amazing story for his character.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

DNF. I wasn’t feeling the writing and dialogue. Maybe if I read it physically I would’ve liked it more.

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

hbo get on this RIGHT. NOW. This needs to be a show

This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Maybe its cause this is the first self-help book I’ve read, but I found it pretty informative. Although writing a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes for a complete beginner every day with no excuses seems a bit excessive. A lot of people just don’t have that time on their hands, especially someone who hasn’t even decided whether they wanna write a book or not (thus reading this book to figure out)

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

On paper the author and I are basically complete opposites, yet she makes her experiences of being in a wheelchair so relatable.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

4.25

So well paced. Every single chapter left me aching to keep reading.

Was a but hard to read cause of the Old English but once I got the hang of it it was so much fun.