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Do Agile: Futureproof Your Mindset. Stay Grounded by Tim Drake

medium-paced

3.0

Skimmed this. Some useful bits: 1. mapping values (personal vs workplace), 2. having someone fair-minded and trusted to pre-write your obituary to spot any unrealised potential, 3. the idea of a 'minternship' or a millennial internship as a mid-career pivot move in one's 30s.

Some paragraphs seemed incomplete eg. the one about WhatsApp's number of employees (Chapter 4: Work).

Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan

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

5.0

Love the cover design elements reflecting the characters and events of the book: the cat Bon Bon, the main character Saffiyah and her friend, the doors to the Grand Mosque, the landmarks of Paris, the warplanes in the sky and even the oranges by the author's name. A good story for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and I learnt a lot about this historical moment of Muslims helping Jews. Much needed in these times.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Blue Dragon by Yiola Damianou-Papadopoulou

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medium-paced

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

2.0

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade

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informative medium-paced

3.5

Useful as a guidebook but would work better as a physical or digital book. The tables comparing mutual aid to non-profits and charities don't work well when recited out loud in the audiobook. Otherwise, an okay primer to mutual aid.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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