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The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy by Michael Mann, Tom Toles

informative

3.5

This information is SO important, but the tone is elitist and the writing is not suited to lower than college-level readers. It’s also not focused enough on the positives happening or what we can do, it actually feels more like the climate doomists they denounce in the book. I was hoping for a lot more from this.

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (Dodo Press) by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

hopeful informative fast-paced

I don’t feel comfortable rating this because it is just a peek into someone’s life, no plot or anything really. It’s amazing to me how lucky he was throughout his life across countries and across masters. 

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The blog chapters were incredibly annoying. Wish I could have skipped them but they were integral to the story. Otherwise great

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

I was able to predict absolutely nothing

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.75