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420 reviews

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Katherine Howe, Anderson Cooper

informative relaxing sad medium-paced

3.5

Interesting audiobook. I could listen to Anderson Cooper talk all day. 

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Sociopath by Patric Gagne

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Counterculture Family, and How I Survived Both by Cea Sunrise Person

adventurous sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Infidelity, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol

Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis

informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Super important information but man was this a lot to get through. Very well researched and delivered, but this was just a massive amount of information to absorb. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

The Long Walk by Stephen King

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

After the end of chapter 13 I threw the book. It was a struggle to get myself to finish the last 100 or so pages. It really took a fast roll downhill after that. 

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

informative reflective slow-paced

2.5

Super glad I chose to get ride of Facebook years ago. 

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

informative medium-paced

3.0

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

dark reflective medium-paced

4.5

What an interesting book! You can certainly tell this is well researched and informed. The author even brings a levity and at time humor to such a heavy topic. Really enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail