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Homie by Danez Smith

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

“Is death any easier when you can call your killer kin?”

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

If you Love Jane Austen this is it. if you love magic this is it. This is the one. slow paced, but I really enjoyed it.

Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

“I don’t doubt that anything is possible in a place you can burn a body with less outrage than a flag.”

Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.0

Cute, self aware (to a degree)

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.

Bored.

The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

Meh.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.

Immediately bored with the tone 

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Rough but important read. 

One for All by Lillie Lainoff
Did not finish book. Stopped at 51%.

Half way still don’t know the plot and pretty tired of the whining.

Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

I think I was just not in the mood, but it was not holding my interest.