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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This was kind of wild. I can see the Dramione influence on Nico and Libby, and Nico was definitely my favorite. I wish that Reina had been more of a character, though, and the twist rang a little funny to me.

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't know how to describe this book. Even though it took me 3 whole weeks to read, every time I picked it up it felt easy. Even though it's about COVID and George Floyd and people dying, it's still funny? It's weird.  It's not a happy book but it's not sad either. I recommend it.

I am bad at adding content warnings because I'm not sure how to describe them or how graphic they are but I tried to cover the ones I remembered. There is a pretty detailed description of the main character smuggling a dead body and her incarceration afterwards which I don't think is an option to mark in Storygraph. Oy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Police brutality

How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
Did not finish book.

I read a lot of this, but I think between my physical copy being messed up, and the subject material, I won't ever finish it. Important to be honest?

Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.

I actually read a fair chunk of this book a few years ago. I was trying to figure out why, so I read a little more.

I figured it out, it's just boring, ack!

Hunted by Meagan Spooner

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I personally didn't find the "twist" that weird. It definitely did feel a bit rushed after

Yeva left the Beast's castle

, but it was a fun read. I kind of wish that there had been more of the Beast's POV, though.

I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't) by Brené Brown

4.0

Would be nice if this acknowledged anything beyond the gender binary especially since this isn't that old BUT ok, I get it.

Familiar Things by Hwang Sok-yong
Did not finish book.

I borrowed this from the library and got bored

Normal People by Sally Rooney

reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.5

I will never be able to decide if I actually enjoyed reading this or not. But it was a quick read and I did finish it without getting too frustrated by it. Both of the romantic leads were not the best people and the ending felt a little strange. Not bad, but strange. It is definitely not a romance though, I could never figure out why it gets billed that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.

I can't explain why I didn't like this, but the writing style wasn't for me. It didn't help that I was only interested when characters other than Gideon or Harrow were the focal point.

It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine Locke, Laura Silverman

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I really liked Neilah by Hannah Moskowitz. I skipped a couple in the middle after a few page. I am really glad that this book exists even if it wasn't entirely for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder