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In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

5.0

A lesser author would have made this four separate books, but Brennan knew she had one beautiful and compelling story on her hands. Our protagonist had all of the strengths of everyone favourite type of sidekick. This book was beautiful and wonderful and what all YA books should be. We have musings on the necessity of violence in fantasy settings, the value of diplomacy, and (of course) the importance of knowing and loving those who you choose. 

I loved every second of this book. This is going to be the book I put in the hands of the teenagers I will one day have. 

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

3.5

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

4.75

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

There were too many povs for asynchronous storytelling to work, for me. I would have cared more about the characters and the narrative if I felt we weren't losing so much time (especially as half of our cast is meant to be from the past so our story is already asynchronous). Seemed like a great first attempt at science fiction 

Complicit by Winnie M Li

3.0

Forgettable

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

I picked this book up expecting a beautiful and heartbreaking story about loss and humanity. I just felt like I didn't connect with any of the stuff that was going on and the deaths didn't hit me the way they were meant to. 

Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings

3.75

Wonderful writing about grief. Lots of monologuing. 

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

3.0

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

5.0

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

I cried so much while reading that I surprised myself. What a story. I didn't even know that I cared about WW1.