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By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

I’m not really a horror fan, so the gore in this was hard to read, but once I got used to it I really loved the story. A beautiful story of chosen family and the deep seeded self hatred society has placed in us.

Tell It to the World: An Indigenous Memoir by Stan Grant

informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I'll Have What She's Having by Chelsea Handler
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

I enjoy Chelsea handler but this was just so much privilege, I couldn’t take it. Lots of little stories about nothing at all that I didn’t enjoy listening to.

Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin

emotional lighthearted 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

2.5

The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

I liked the sense of adventure and that the main character was going to make her life her own, but I found the story very hard to follow.

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.5

I found this very hard to read. The storytelling wasn’t narrative so much as it was just a cataloguing of horrible things. And maybe that was the point. I was most amused by the breaks she’d take occasionally to explain the grammar of words that were being used by the government. Definitely out of place but appreciated.

Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler

challenging mysterious tense medium-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 was able to read an ARC of this. I honestly did not love it. While I love when books feature real characters that have real flaws, the swings in emotions were so wild I think it gave me whiplash. I was so anxious for the characters. I didn’t love it. I also found the sci-fi trope of the soulmates really odd. I get that sci-fi doesn’t always explain what is happening but it felt so random and out of place. There was plenty of conflict without that I think. 

A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I am so confused by this book. It wasn’t bad, but I honestly have no idea what happened but maybe that’s the point?

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limón

reflective medium-paced

3.5