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Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
Did not finish book. Stopped at 66%.

I'm so sorry but I have to dnf. I think it's just my current aversion to YA, but I just am bouncing off of it really hard.

The Adventure Zone: The Suffering Game by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

can't believe we got the slicer of t'pier weir isles AND arms outstretched in one book. absolutely outstanding.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

All this time I thought maybe I just didn't like Gothic horror, turns out I had just never read a good one.

Also the way Jackson writes about loneliness is a personal attack wtf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Blood

On the Mating Habits of the Giant Squid by Peter Spencer Steele

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

5.0

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

maybe colonialism was the prion disease we caught along the way

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this in the moment but then it took me like, a full 20 minutes to remember who the big bad in this book was yesterday, despite having finished it five days earlier.

Y/N by Esther Yi

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0