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Dear Zoo: A Lift-The-Flap Book by Rod Campbell

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Really great use of dromedary, and an astounding ending!
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

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funny inspiring lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

The Female Body Bible: A Revolution in Women's Health and Fitness by Emma Ross, Baz Moffat, Bella Smith

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challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

3.75

The Citadel by A.J. Cronin

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challenging inspiring sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A bit long and sometimes drab. I read it for the historic value ("The classic novel that inspired the NHS"); I would have preferred one of the shorter abridged versions, which I didn't know about until after.
Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution by De Nichols

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challenging hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

A delightfully produced book that should inspire us all to art as much as possible and direct our emotions to productive and artful protest. Many examples, illustrations, and exercises.
Wilding by Isabella Tree

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challenging funny sad slow-paced

3.75

Creative Graphics by John Cownie

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adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This is a small but jam-packed book. There are many standalone programs to illustrate various graphics techniques and capabilities of the BBC Micro. Proper attention to these programs will give you a good grounding in doing graphics in BBC BASIC. It will also (somewhat unintentionally) give some insight into BBC BASIC programming itself. The relevant parts of BBC BASIC and VDU codes are explained, but somewhat briefly. It would be a good idea to have a BBC User Guide on hand if you are not already familiar with BBC BASIC.

Typing the programs in (which i did on an emulator prior to this review) is a good exercise in accidental debugging and the importance of semicolons.

The chapters are quite fun and varied, covering symmetry, 3D, animations, fractals, and narrative composition. Highly recommended.
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.5

Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking by Catherine McCormack

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challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

This book will change the way you look at art, and everything else. It is most excellent.
A Message From Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky

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challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Never again.