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Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

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

4.0

Bad Tourists: A Novel by Caro Carver

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3.75

A fun and mindless mystery if you feel like reading about summery, beachy destinations. Had a few tropes I don’t love but fun enough to pass the time on audio. 
All I Want is You by Falon Ballard

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4.0

This was cute! A little forgettable but a fun Christmas romance. 
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

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medium-paced

3.75

This was a fun Christmas read, but the romance was a bit too intense for my taste being such a short, fast-paced read. 
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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3.75

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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

4.5

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

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4.5

Dry by Jarrod Shusterman, Neal Shusterman

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
It was okay but I lost interest 🤷🏼‍♀️
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

5 million bazillion stars. The perfect ending to the first arc of this series. So satisfying, unexpected, mind-blowing. Ilysm Brandon Sanderson.
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

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1.0

Good lord, this book was so awful. I regret giving this author another chance after the deeply hot mess of transphobia that was Hidden Pictures. 

I am BEGGING this author to
- stop making all his female characters either ditzy idiots or manipulative psychopaths
- stop describing and objectifying the body and figure of every female character who’s introduced
- stop using chronic illnesses as a plot point to add elements of horror to the plot
- use disadvantaged children as a trivial plot point

And for the love of god PLEASE hire a narrator who doesn’t do a Dutch accent as a Swedish accent.