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346 reviews

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

This is a great memoir and had me laughing so many times. Highly recommend if you enjoyed memoirs or are a fan of Seth Rogan. 

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Sooooooooo good!!! This was my most anticipated release of 2024 and I finally got around to reading it. Zetian is even more badass in this book than she is in book one. 

I loved seeing how the government changed and watching how the people reacted to the changes. Zetian fought for the changes she wanted to see and got things actually changed! 

I thought this was suppose to be a duology but we are for sure getting another book! I need it now!!! 

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

I thought this was a reread until I actually started to read it. I didn’t realize that I never actually finished this trilogy but wow what an ending!!! 

The characters were continuously fantastic and the plot just kept getting better. The way everything came together at this end was flawless.  

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a fantastic sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. This has multiple POV's and the characters start talking about their own story and then you see how the POV's become connected by the end of the book. I loved the ending because it was finished with a historical lecture and it ended the story so well. 

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

4.5

The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde

slow-paced

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

1.0

What to say about this disaster. 

I was genuinely convinced that the author was a man until I looked her up. The FMC feels like she is written by a man and yes that is an insult. I felt that many things she did was for the male gaze and it gave me the ick. 

The dynamic between the FMC (Kierce) and MMC, (Graves) felt so forced. There was no chemistry and it felt like they were madly in love but I don’t know when that happened in the story. The spicy scenes were so cringy and made me uncomfortable. 

The plot was unoriginal and was very predictable. There were plot points added that didn’t add anything to the story. It felt like the author wanted to do too much and accomplished nothing. 

I could say so many other things about this book but I don’t want to waste the energy. I don’t recommend.

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
Did not finish book.

This is a DNF for me. I got to chapter 13 and I just can’t listen anymore. The book is soooooo long and not much is happening. The writing is confusing to me. I wanted to like this but I don’t care about the characters at all. I feel like I can’t follow the story or create a connection. 

The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck

medium-paced

3.0

I enjoyed most of the stories but found some of them to be rather slow and I had a hard time staying interested. I loved how they were connected but wish there were more connections between the stories. 

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.

Literally, nothing was happening. It was just Emily making the town angry for some reason and being annoyed by her rival. 

Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation by Grace L. Williams

medium-paced

3.5

‘She didn’t have gray hair.’ Is a line that will live in my head rent free. 

This is a great way to get some history presented as a story. Highly recommend if you want an overview of some of the struggles women and other under represented groups went through to get financial freedom.