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The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope

sad

2.25

I feel like the title poem (which I knew the author by) has a very different vibe to almost all other poems in this collection (they are all so sad!). I enjoy her rythmn and rhymes, but I guess sometimes reading more from the writer of one of your favourite poems does not go so well 😂 I feel like many of the poems have a very bleak outlook on love and life, which was not what i was looking for.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

hopeful

4.25

Starts cute and has strong fable vibes. I did not expect how extra it got, but I liked the magical-ness. Read it in one sitting. I think it has a deeper meaning than what I gathered from my first readthrough, but from how I interpret it now it lost me at the end ideologically. Feels a bit cultish. (and where are those female seagulls!! 😂 They can also fly you know - *feminist fist shaking*)

System Collapse by Martha Wells

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer

hopeful inspiring

4.5

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Meh. Wouldn't have finished it if I had read it physically.

Geduld bringt Rosen: Erzählungen by Veza Canetti
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

How offensive do you want the language? -Yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Classism

Quallen haben keine Ohren by Adèle Rosenfeld

reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Ich habe das Gefühl, den Roman nicht ganz durchstiegen zu haben, und habe erst im Nachinein über Interviews mit der Autorin die Bedeutung verstanden. Ich denke ich hätte es hilfreich gefunden, schon mit Infos zur Einordnung der non-realen Elemente zu starten, um das Buch tiefer zu lesen. Was ich gerne vorher gewusst hätte:

Louise füllt die Lücken in ihrer Verbindung zur Außenwelt mit den Charakteren des Soldaten, des Hundes und der Botanikerin. Hierbei geht es weniger um eine Exploration von Halluzinationen/mentaler Gesundheit, oder klassischem magical Realism, sondern um die metaphorische Bedeutung der Charaktere, die Louises Emotionen und komplizierten Weg in die Taubheit darstellen.

Durch und durch poetisch, aber auch konfrontativ mit Situationen aus dem Leben von Louise, ihre Familie, KollegInnen und der beste Freundin. Ich bin froh, das Buch entdeckt zu haben!

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà

emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

5.0

This book is.... Poetic. Breathtaking. It invites you to look at nature and enjoy every little bit but also calls you out for romanticising it. It's unapologetic, heartfelt and magical, brutally real and funny at the same time. Each chapter is like a riddle to find out what perspective it is written out of, not just from the humans living in this region, but everyone and everything around them. The chapters are incredibly diverse but also coherent.
I started again to take notes, to give it the time it needs. The long list of names and constant perspective changes makes it hard to read casually, so readers should pick it up when they have enough space for the book to take root. 

Science, Not Art: Ten Scientists' Diaries by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

informative fast-paced

4.0