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It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

"I learnt the power of self-deprecation at a young age. 

What I didn't learn was how to stop.

I forget I'm not that kid anymore."
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

Whew, it's been 84 years--but I'm finally finished! Hopefully a review to come? Maybe?
The Winglets Quartet: The First Four Stories by Tui T. Sutherland

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger, Melanie R. Anderson

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

"Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society"

"Embracing my own joy now means that I didn’t always. Hope is my favorite word, but I didn’t always have it."

"My joy is my freedom--it allows me to live my life as I see fit. I won't leave this earth without the world knowing that I chose to live a life that made me happy, made me think, made me whole. I won't leave this earth without the world knowing that I chose to live."
Everything Is Temporary: Illustrated Contemplations on How Death Shapes Our Lives by Iris Gottlieb

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Nearly 10 years to the day since buying this and I finally read it! GO ME!!!

Now, however, apparently a compendium is coming out this summer so uh... guess I'm buying it because I LOVED this ::insert massive heart eyes::
Art Club (a Graphic Novel) by Rashad Doucet

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Big Money: What It Is, How We Use It, and Why Our Choices Matter by Rebecca Donnelly

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informative medium-paced

5.0

"When we think in stereotypes, we put the responsibility on individuals and ignore all the ways in which our society makes it hard for some people to get by and easy for others."