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When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

I want to say so much about this book but spoilers are bad. It’s a hard book to put down, so plan your reading time accordingly to avoid getting bonked in the face with the book in the wee hours of the night
Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else by Maeve Higgins

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challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukla, Chimene Suleyman

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a brilliant book with many different perspectives. Parts are really hard and much demands a look at where the gulf between our pretty words vs the reality of our actions and our institutions. We can and must do better. Seeing where we are now is the first step. 
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

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medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown

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hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

She does a really nice job of breaking theory and practice into separate sections which, like many of the approaches, allows for the audience to move from a passive to an active role. I’ve seen some processes like these and they’ve worked well. I’m looking forward to fumbling through what she described and seeing how it unfolds. 

This book definitely merits a second read after a while. Sometimes I need thing to marinate before I really get them, especially the more theory heavy parts
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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hopeful informative

5.0

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
A great and interesting take on time travel and what it would mean were it a thing. It’s also got a nice historical exploration of civil rights and especially women’s rights in the US. 

Parts of this book are challenging and it’s a hard book to put down. To say more would be in spoiler land and the way the story opens up Ida something to be savored. Such a great read.