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Graceling: Le don de Katsa by Raphaële Eschenbrenner, Kristin Cashore

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adventurous 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

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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

3.5

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, with eBook by Agatha Christie

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

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slow-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? N/A

4.0

Asunder by Kerstin Hall

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

This so easily could have been a 5-star read for me, and in fact it was up until that choice of ending. It's hard to reconcile such phenomenal world building and a gripping plot with an ending that I absolutely hated. Pretty much every thread was left unresolved and not in a satisfactory way - it almost felt more like the book had to stay under a certain page count and things stopped mid-story. This was marketed as a standalone, but it either needed to be a duology or have more elements wrapped up. Whether endings are happy, sad, neat and tidy, or ambiguous they need to leave the reader with some feeling of satisfaction and that was just missing for me.
Make Your Own Board Game: Designing, Building, and Playing Your Own Tabletop Game by Jesse Terrance Daniels

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

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

4.0

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 2 by Nagabe

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Thank you to Macmillan  for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions.

Full review to come.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

To be completely honest, I thought I had checked out Gladwell's "Revenge of the Tipping Point" which came out in late 2024, but I'm glad I listened to this. Some points haven't aged well in the past 25 years (for instance, I'd recommend reading "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman for more up-to-date information on the Stanford Prison Experiment, which has since been debunked), but there's still a lot of interesting and inspiring information for anyone looking for encouragement on how to make both our society and world better places. 
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