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Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia by Louis Ferrante

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dark informative medium-paced

3.75

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the best book I've read in a couple of years: It brought to tears several times, it made me laugh, it made think and reflect about life, it taught me about life in Egypt and about Islam, it taught me about me.
Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL by Michael Lombardi, Michael Lombardi

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
Cowboys broke my heart, football can’t be my hobby anymore
Fine Print Volume 2 by Stjepan Šejić

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

4.0

It is such a joy to read stories like this: everything is so beautiful but so sad at the same time
Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother by Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book really hit me hard, because it deals with what is my biggest fear: loosing my cognitive abilities.

I just kept thinking, at the begining, "please not let him loose it, please don't let him loose it" and them I just kept thinking "I would just kill myself, I just want to kill myself". But in reality, as it usually is, things are more complicated.

At the end, I just wish I could go and leave some flowers at Algernon's grave.
Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero

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adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

The Education of a Very Young Madam by Ma-Ling Lee

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emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.0

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Amazing book, dense with information and filled with all the gory details. I found it to be a pretty balance account of a part of american history that has been both romanticed and demonized, but Mr. Gwynne managed to present facts with a very captivating narrative.
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Bust by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0