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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Lost a lot of pace and interest in the last chapter, but an interesting and surprisingly refreshing given the subject matter. Reduce emissions.
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
Well one I didn't know this was the abridged version so that's annoying. But Bryson's humour ALLmost balances out the slight racial and sexist undertones in a lot of his stories. Its hard to not take him seriously - but maybe that's just his dry sense. Still a fun lighthearted travel read.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
2.75
A Blake Crouch-style book but if it was poorly planned and hastily written. Pandemic books are rarely fun....especially when there's barely any difference to real life. Kept listening just because I thought something interesting would happen. She should listen to her character (already forgot the ch name) and write books that are able to remove us from real life not just real life + random starships and moon colonies. Lazy science fiction writing
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5