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Make Your Own Board Game: Designing, Building, and Playing Your Own Tabletop Game by Jesse Terrance Daniels

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 2 by Nagabe

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Thank you to Macmillan  for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions.

Full review to come.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

To be completely honest, I thought I had checked out Gladwell's "Revenge of the Tipping Point" which came out in late 2024, but I'm glad I listened to this. Some points haven't aged well in the past 25 years (for instance, I'd recommend reading "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman for more up-to-date information on the Stanford Prison Experiment, which has since been debunked), but there's still a lot of interesting and inspiring information for anyone looking for encouragement on how to make both our society and world better places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Not quite as strong as volume 1, but still interested to see how things continue to unfold.

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Narrator was 10/10 but the pacing didn't work for me.

Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Thank you to Hachette for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions.

Full review to come.

You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Other Stuff I Should Only Tell My Therapist by Kari Ferrell

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Thank you to Macmillan  for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions.

Full review to come.

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

funny lighthearted medium-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

5.0