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202 reviews

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

A book I’d love to give to every college student and one I’ve referenced to several friends as I read it. The book and its techniques resonated well with ones I’ve stumbled upon and put forth more structure to them.

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger, Marc Schulz

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The book kept me wrapt and engaged but in the end I don’t know that it was the book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Translation State by Ann Leckie

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

An Olive Grove at the Edge of the World: How two American city boys built a new life in rural New Zealand by Jared Gulian
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

A little slow going and not my style of humor, definitely informative for an American in New Zealand.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A fun read in a cool universe. 

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

A well paced and well written book, like a warm hug.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? No

4.0

A fun reflection on parental figures and childhood told through the eyes of a preteen. Had me crying in the middle of downtown Auckland at the end. 

Surviving Change at Work by Vanessa Gennarelli

informative fast-paced

4.0

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0