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Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten by Ina Garten
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
4.0
I'll Come to You by Rebecca Kauffman
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Grief
Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, Pregnancy
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I do appreciate a clean southern women’s fiction novel. No sex, language or worldly ideologies. But this one dragged on a bit for me, which is why I kept putting it down and picking it up over the course of almost two years.
I am determined to be a Lauren K. Denton completist, so I will read the rest of her backlist!
I am determined to be a Lauren K. Denton completist, so I will read the rest of her backlist!
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Narrative nonfiction at its finest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Suicide attempt
Vox by Christina Dalcher
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“It’s frightening what she’s grown to accept as normal.” p.3
Dystopian-Thriller is not a genre that I can read a lot of. I was on edge and could not put the book down, every chapter was a cliff hanger, and the chapters were short!
At first I thought I would hate this, because it really paints “far right evangelical men” as evil and definitely has a heavy dose of feminism.
But reading it from a Christian worldview, I found it to be a humble reminder that without Christ in one’s life, any human, male or female, will be as evil as their flesh wants to be. In 2020, you saw a rise of science and government tyranny, just like in past and present history, you see religious tyranny. It all has a same root cause: sin and the lack of one’s soul submitted under the Holiness of God.
Also, my local library has a book club coming up, and I will mainly be a fly on the wall but I’m very interested in hearing different perspectives.
If you like clean reads, do not read this. TW for strong language, short sexual scenes, suicide and mistreatment of women.
Dystopian-Thriller is not a genre that I can read a lot of. I was on edge and could not put the book down, every chapter was a cliff hanger, and the chapters were short!
At first I thought I would hate this, because it really paints “far right evangelical men” as evil and definitely has a heavy dose of feminism.
But reading it from a Christian worldview, I found it to be a humble reminder that without Christ in one’s life, any human, male or female, will be as evil as their flesh wants to be. In 2020, you saw a rise of science and government tyranny, just like in past and present history, you see religious tyranny. It all has a same root cause: sin and the lack of one’s soul submitted under the Holiness of God.
Also, my local library has a book club coming up, and I will mainly be a fly on the wall but I’m very interested in hearing different perspectives.
If you like clean reads, do not read this. TW for strong language, short sexual scenes, suicide and mistreatment of women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
“I find this story quite interesting because Anita Lim found faith where I have lost mine, and yet both of us seem to have been driven to despair by the change in our beliefs.”
What I liked: I loved the academic setting. I am currently a student getting my BA and I could see myself as a professor one day, so the setting worked well for me.
What wasn’t for me: This is a sad book and I don’t feel anyone gets any resolution in the end. And between the battle of evolution and creationism in this book - evolution seems to “win,” but it makes everyone depressed and hopeless…so I’m not sure what Grodstein was trying to say?
What I liked: I loved the academic setting. I am currently a student getting my BA and I could see myself as a professor one day, so the setting worked well for me.
What wasn’t for me: This is a sad book and I don’t feel anyone gets any resolution in the end. And between the battle of evolution and creationism in this book - evolution seems to “win,” but it makes everyone depressed and hopeless…so I’m not sure what Grodstein was trying to say?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide