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125 reviews
Perfect Just as You Are: Buddhist Practices on the Four Limitless Ones--Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity by Pema Chödrön
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Excellent audiobook with exercises included. It's dated, sometimes showing itself as being recorded in the early 2000s on a retreat, which adds to the endearment.
Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights by Valena Beety
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.5
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.75
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment: Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World Over by Dagny A. Blaskovich, Rita J. Simon
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Good analysis, but the statistics are outdated for use in 2023, unless you want to compare the 2002 state of abolition to the modern day. The most helpful chapter is about genocide and democide of populations around the world after 1950 .
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Confinement, Murder, and Death
Murder Unpunished: How the Aryan Brotherhood Murdered Waymond Small and Got Away with It by Thornton W. Price
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Not relevant to current research; it has good narrative structure, but is not applicable to larger capital punishment research in AZ.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Death, Animal death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Rape, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5