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The Mabinogion by Anonymous

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adventurous challenging lighthearted tense slow-paced

4.5

It’s the mab 
On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal by Naomi Klein

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challenging informative inspiring

4.0

This book is not one long argument for the green new deal but a series of essays and talks the author has written or given at different talks. That’s is not a critic but if you are expecting a compelling and complete argument for TGD then this is not that. The chapters are strung together and do connect but it is not a complete, cohesive argument for exactly what TGD is, what it says, and why we need it. 
Band Sinister by KJ Charles

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book is fine. There’s not really any tension between the characters that isn’t kind of dumb. 
I know Charles is not really an author writing for my tastes and I got her funny nod to gothic novels but I couldn’t help but think damn if only this was a gothic novel with a horrendously long list of content warnings. 
The Sugared Game by KJ Charles

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A bit slow but not bad. 
I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer

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adventurous challenging dark medium-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

3.0

Interesting! 
Richard II by William Shakespeare

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adventurous challenging dark tense

4.0

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

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emotional informative inspiring

4.0

This book was interesting! However the narrator read e.g., as e g instead of for example so that should have been corrected. 
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

Egypt I am dying, I am dying Egypt 
The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere by Phyllis Ann Karr

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Hmmm I don’t know how to feel :/
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0