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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
Well as dark as I would expect and several of the most disturbing scenes I've read in a long time.

I am curious to read these translators take on other russian classics, I found the writing easier to follow than other russian translations I've read. 
A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy … A Memoir of Sorts by Nigel Slater

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
Some cool culinary experiences but I learned that I am just not an "exquisite food" book person. Who cares i cant taste it
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
She had me at researching trash. There is still dense modern writing after all and she is todays favorite and hopefully tomorrow's. She unflinchingly faces the stereotypical and the fantastical ways that we disengage with unpalatable modern forces, and synthesizes her ideas about why the whole spectrum of disengagement is important. Last chapter is denser than the rest and needs extra care
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
A writing style i fell in love with so quickly ... what a family to witness ... and an insight into strict muslim culture that americans have been associating with terrorism for over 20 years. What a loss of possibilities!!
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Basically a fever dream of oppression, resentment, reclamation of the material & spiritual goods stolen by white people
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
Not exactly nuanced but a fine and easy travel read. Gory descriptions and some surface-level racial discourse. Plenty of copaganda of changing things from the inside
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I wonder if rwk secretly endorses the ceo killer
The Power by Naomi Alderman

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I see why margaret atwood fucked with this, great sadness and joy and power. Every husband I interact with should read this one
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

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medium-paced

3.5

Good stepping stone to other anti- racism works & educational about the modern structure of white supremacy. 
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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adventurous challenging dark funny informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
Well he sure had a lot to say. Labor of love. A literal weight off of my shoulders to finish. I unironically loved the second epilogue except for the fact that it was the second epilogue and i just wanted to finish this beast