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How to Kill Your Husband {and Other Handy Household Hints} by Kathy Lette

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emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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There's Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

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informative relaxing slow-paced

5.0

This is an eye opening book that should substitute biology textbooks that teach about trees.
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software by Michael T. Nygard

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
I didn't finish reading this book because:
- It was boring.
- I think mine and authors values differ a lot and I didn't want to read what he has to say. The author seems to care more about money and profit then about people and what happens to them when bad software is released.
- I've attended the book club so no need to continue the torture.
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Becoming by Michelle Obama

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.25

The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Erin Meyer, Reed Hastings

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble

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emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I'll be honest, I picked up this book at the charity shop not expecting much, I just liked the cover. But actually, it surprised me. The writing and the plot are a bit weaker but there is lot of wisdom packed in this book. Things that characters said were little gems, very clever and they will stay with me. I didn't feel I was preached to in this book. Also there was a bit of a "Little Women" feel with the four sisters which was lovely.
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