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33 reviews

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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adventurous medium-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

4.0

The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book came at the right time. I can see gifting it to others who may be wrongly centered on work as they identify.

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum

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hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

It Must Be True Then by Luci Adams

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lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

Though written for a different audience, I was able to glean a few things for my 51yo self! I appreciated that…

The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones

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It would have been best to read the reviews first.

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

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Did not finish book.

Didn’t sweep me up…

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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dark funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It'll make you think; scalp-deep...
A lot of times we think it's all about what others are doing to us when we're a very big part of the problem.

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It took me a while to figure out the narrator's voice. Also, this is the first book I can recall reading (for a long time at least) where the woman who had an abortion still did not regret her decision; a very interesting read. Bennett's writing style is like spaghetti in the way she weaves the characters and their stories/timelines together.

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