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Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

the best Danny Phantom fanfic I've ever read

The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

On a craft level, this is well-written; Shari is incredibly wise and insightful when it comes to her childhood, her relationship with Ruby, and how everyone around her contributed to it.

However.

I think she really needed a couple more years to mature and process things before writing and selling this book.

At some points in the book she has maddening blind spots that contrast with her maturity through other parts of the book; the most notable to me was the way she discussed religion and the Mormon church. She is still in a high-control religion, outlines situations between Jodie and her church that seems startlingly similar...but doesn't seem to connect the dots. She spends a lot of time discussing how much she hated the media coverage and the way people felt entitled to the story of her and her siblings' lives....but if she felt that way, why write this book? In many ways Shari is wise beyond her years, but in other ways, she still has a lot of growing to do and self-awareness to achieve. Though at the same time, this book doesn't have to be a testament to Shari's maturity and revocation of religion. I wanted to hear what happened. But it's a weird feeling to read someone's memoir and feel like you're making connections that they were unable to.

Care and Feeding by Laurie Woolever

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

While I was really drawn in by Laurie's frank tone and wit, as the book went on, I just kept wanting a little bit more reflection from her. She presents the things she did very matter-of-factly, with explanations but not excuses for her bad behavior, but I never felt I really understood the why of everything she did. The ending was a little anticlimactic. It felt like listening to someone tell a long, fascinating, and deeply funny story at a bar, which I liked, but I wish she had drawn more conclusions about herself within the text.

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

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informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

took me 3 months to finish it but only because it was so good I wanted to always give it my full attention!!!! the hard science was really accessible and the audiobook was as good as everyone said

Andromeda by Therese Bohman

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced