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Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

And Yet: Poems by Kate Baer

emotional funny hopeful reflective

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Loved this! I learned about sharks and I thought that the connection between the memoir parts and the science parts was so well done. Highly recommend! 

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I have not enjoyed CMQs other books that much and only picked this up for book club. I’m very glad I did though because I loved it! If you aren’t going to enjoy all the food and travel descriptions then I would skip this one, but I felt like I was kind of along on this trip with them. 

Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this! It was emotionally investing and I really cared about the characters. The narration was well done as well. Would recommend! 
Libro.fm ALC 

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

Please just write something else from the usual. This was incredibly boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Hate Follow by Erin Quinn-Kong

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I really liked the premise but I felt the execution wasn’t there! It was all very surface level and felt very YA without actually being good YA. 

What She Said: Conversations About Equality by Elizabeth Renzetti

dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Thanks Libro.fm and McLennan and Stewart for the ALC. 
like most essay collections I thought that some were much stronger than others. While most of the content wasn’t ideas I am unfamiliar with, I did enjoy the focus on Canadian events and politics. I also liked the memoir aspects of the essays. I felt like otherwise this didn’t add much to the feminist literature. The last essay/epilogue which was a relatively uncritical look at Taylor Swift did the opposite of tie the book together for me.  

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.

Took too long of a break and now I can’t remember the plot so I’m going to have to restart this at some point! 

Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5