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Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense

5.0

SOB

[...]: Poems by Fady Joudah

challenging emotional reflective

Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow

emotional relaxing

3.5

This was a great cozy mystery. The way the protagonist opened up & bonded with her cousin was just too sweet and cute. I don't think the mystery unraveled in a very engaing way, but I didn't mind that all that much because all THE FOOD DESCRIPTION 🤤
The only reason this book didn't get a higher rating from me was because of the neutral or positive-leaning representation of the law enforcement. I get that It is inevitable to include them in a murder mystery, but still! I love me a good mystery and would really appreciate to read something one day that involves something that is like, say, a grassroot effort to find missing people or provide emotional support to relatives of the deceased, etc, instead of something that normalizes cops further. We already have enough of that, tysm.

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

challenging emotional informative sad

Made me angry / 5. ABOLISH THE POLICE. Maybe the entire Thunder Bay city too. And LAND BACK IMMEDIATELY

Loved the narrator Michaela Washburn. I could not have finished this extremely difficult book without her amazing narration.

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

emotional funny inspiring

5.0

Currently crying ugly happy tears

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade by Ryan North, Kurt Vonnegut

I read this without reading the original fiction first. I think the graphic novel is very well done but I'm afraid I don't understand the story... like at all lol. It will probably change if I read the original.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Vol. 1 by Damon Lindelof

2.5

Some of the chapters have PHENOMENAL art. The stories, not so much! What Gotham needs is abolishing both cops and prisons, UBI and medicare for all🤧

Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

Art is gorgeous but the cover feels like false advertising. Also Morgan deserved better

I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee

4.5

A fun time and great queer & diverse body type rep

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

adventurous emotional

4.0

Oh wow. This was a RIDE. I ended up liking it though I struggled a bit for like... 10% of the book about 40% in, until halfway through. I liked the beginning, the way we were introduced to the world and the characters, and also the more fast-paced second half of the book. I was gonna complain about the cliff-hanger but then I learned that this is only a duology, so I am okay again. Looking forward to the sequel! Also, I will be really interested in a prequel of sorts for this series or side stories. I am very invested in the characters and would love to learn more about how they came to be where they are now (at the start of the book) and their relationships.