jmarquette's reviews
116 reviews

Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West by Blaine Harden

4.5

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility by Martha C. Nussbaum

informative medium-paced

3.0

Fairly academic. I would not suggest this if it was one of your first books thinking about animal rights.  Definitely more of a 203 class course type book instead of a great 101 Intro to Animal Rights type book. 

Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage by Pauli Murray

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks

informative medium-paced

5.0

Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0