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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No

3.0

I enjoyed the writing style here but I wish more actually happened…. 
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

The last N.K. Jemisin series I read was the Broken Earth trilogy and this is very different - it’s not at the level of her later works but it’s interesting to see where she started. The main character and core romance are very YA/NA/tropey but her world building is very complex already.
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz by Eve Babitz

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

I enjoyed some of these essays/articles more than others but I’m very glad this collection exists!
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

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dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Obsessed with this!! An instant classic weirdo book. Love the humor here and the fact that the main character makes so many terrible decisions. 
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Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

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adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
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4.0

Really enjoyed this one - it starts with a bit of a slow build but then gets very tense and fast paced, and I appreciated how all the storylines and characters came together. Warning, it is extremely dark!
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The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

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adventurous medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is my favorite of the Inheritance trilogy, both because it’s a comparatively “smaller” more focused story compared to #1 and #3 and also because Jemisin gave us a complicated ending. 
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Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really love the illustration style and the nuance of the story, I just wish it were longer - I wanted more
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Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

A cute rom com with a zodiac twist! I would have liked to see the relationship between Gray and Veronica be a little more developed, as well as Veronica as a character, but I get that that’s hard to do when you’ve got 11 other dates and datees to write. I enjoyed Gray as a character and it was refreshing to see a more masc main character in a wlw rom com. 
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

An academic work convincingly tracing the racist origins of fatphobia - well argued and very interesting. I wish there was more of a focus on the last century, though.
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The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play by Joan Didion

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

An interesting counterpart to The Year of Magical Thinking / Blue Nights - it’s been a while since I read either but I believe Didion is more open about Quintana’s condition and the timeline here than anywhere else.
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