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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

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emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Sidewinder: A Novella by Marcella Haddad

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Intriguing world, interesting characters, a quick tale with lots of commentary on class and religion that somehow got squeezed in quite well for such a  short book. There were a couple lines that I audibly reacted to ( in a good way) and I loved the ending. 
my one thing was having one question left unanswered ....and i also wished for a little more gunslinging. Wish there were more stories in this world!
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

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funny mysterious medium-paced

3.0

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

The Pagemaster: Sivujen valtias by Ernie Conteras, David Kirschner, Jerry Tiritilli, Katriina Savolainen

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

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challenging emotional slow-paced

3.0

While I can clearly see the talent and the efforts to push back against the establishment of the day.....

This is not really my cup of tea. 
Did I like any poem in here? yes, just one. Did I still find lines throughout that I underlined because of their relevance or how much I was like oh shiiiit? yep. 

But overall I think that a) beat poetry might not be my thing 
and b) it felt like the whole time the poet was scribbling away in a railcar, thinking, yes yesssss this will be edgy......this will show them how smart I am. 

forgive me, if thats not the case but thats largely how this felt. Which is a shame because I can tell he cared about what he was trying to get across....he was ...raging against the machine in a way. 
But it got a little too like our modern edgelord writing in there for a bit.
Ephemera by Sierra DeMulder

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challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

5.0

I love poetry.  A lot of the time, there is a poem or a line within, here or there, which hits me hard.

But its been a bit since I've felt SEEN by poetry. If that makes any sense. 

I cried. A lot.