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93 reviews

The Bookbinder's Guide to Love by Katherine Garbera

funny lighthearted medium-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

3.0

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland

challenging emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

A ghost story set in the 1920s about a young black girls move from the Jim Crow south to Philadelphia. 
 An emotional story about racism, family and unfinished business. Ophie is a great character trying to keep her head down but keeps getting tangled into the mess of the dead. 
 Please check trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Murder and Slavery

Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A great read about the people of Appalachia and life in the hills. One part memoir one part biography this book goes through the life of the women in the authors life and how they lived and grew in hill country. 

Sweat and Soap, Vol. 1 by Kintetsu Yamada

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun adult office romance. I liked how we didn’t waste time with the will they won’t they and got straight into the relationship. First manga I’ve read in awhile.

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

A great fantasy with Norse mythology as it’s backbone. Great character relationship and a witty back and forth romance. My only complaint is the main characters wishy washyness girl can’t make a decision without backtracking 4 different times.

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Felt like a lifetime movie but I sometimes like lifetime movies. Most of the characters annoyed but still feel the need to finish the story so a sold 3 for that.

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

A great mystery read w/ an interesting narrative choice. I love the relationship of the family and the back and forth between what happened and what we know what happened.

Tremors in the Blood by Amit Katwala

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A nonfiction book that truly reads like a movie. Something so small as the invention of the lie detector having such a huge impact on not just law, politics and corporate wild. 
The lives of the men who created and how it destroyed their friendships and lives.

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A great addition to the story, adventure, love and a death maze what more do you need in a book. Loved seeing Galen’s growth from the first book and exploring the world more.

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0