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Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

The Longest Night by E.E. Ottoman

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I love trans love.

Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire

challenging informative inspiring

5.0

Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon

funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Ooooff. That's the noise I made finishing this book and it's absolutely accurate for how I feel. Now I'm off to read all of the author's other books.

Sapling's Orbit by Spencer Rose

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Lifers: A Sapphic Dark Romance by K.C. Blume

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

challenging dark funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

No, I don't know how a book can be both dark and light-hearted. And absolutely absurd. But once I got over all the above, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected and not just because of the fabulous bi rep.

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the first book to completely break me in a long, long time and I was crying long after I read the last words. Which is to say, I loved it.