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Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Lovely cast and small-town, story that doesnt take itself too seriously except when someone is being hurt. May be time to fly a kite
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

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

4.0

Reads like a savory dessert. Animal life re-examined in de-extinction, and freaky deaky implications to boot
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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reflective fast-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

3.75

Reads like a classic, whatever that means. A sweet slice of COVID life, getting away with this because we are living two lives in the tale. Excellent on audio (ok meryl???) 
Mythologies by Roland Barthes

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Let's just say i overestimated what I was ready to dive into at the moment I started this book 
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Going to buy two hard copies - one to do the exercises and one for my therapist 
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

As dense as mercury. Every paragraph is a full semester syllabus. The printing press was invented to print more copies of this book
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sweet sweet sweeping science fiction. I hope the next books live up. Writing style is hard to gauge with translation but the characters are overall well-fleshed out and the plot is cooking!!! IMO if you are intimidated by the nitty-gritty science you can always just read it as plot instead of anything truly technical .....
Flux by Jinwoo Chong

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

Plot gets twisted around itself one too many times for me. Certainly some good moments just overall cohesiveness missing to me
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

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dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Informative and reflective on the extended history of Palestinian conflict with Zionism, with plenty of notes on what has been ineffective for the Palestinian cause. Dense with names of all the political troupe, worth a re-read
Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

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informative medium-paced

3.75

Lots of good work in here to tear down preconceived notions of what sex should be, will revisit hardcopy to do the reflective work more thoughtfully