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If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? No
4.0
“Don't you see how belittling this is! I'm not brave for wearing a dress. I'm just living!”
“Choose what makes you happy. Things, places, people. Only choose the ones that bring that delight to you. Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
“The future isn’t exclusive, it’s inclusive”
“Choose what makes you happy. Things, places, people. Only choose the ones that bring that delight to you. Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
“The future isn’t exclusive, it’s inclusive”
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.”
“What is easy is sustainable. Birds coast when they can.”
“Matter doesn't disappear, it transforms. Energy is the same way. The Earth is layer upon layer of all that has existed, remembered by the dirt.”
“What is easy is sustainable. Birds coast when they can.”
“Matter doesn't disappear, it transforms. Energy is the same way. The Earth is layer upon layer of all that has existed, remembered by the dirt.”
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.5
“The only way out is through. I know it’s hard, really hard sometimes, but your options are to either give up, or push through the hard parts. And I know you don’t want to give up.”
“Cheese-flavored anything was the solution to every problem.”
“The question I want you to think about is whether it will feel worse for you to push through this hard, scary feeling now, and do it, or if it’ll feel worse to turn around, walk back in the house, and wake up tomorrow, and every day after this, knowing you didn’t do this.”
“Cheese-flavored anything was the solution to every problem.”
“The question I want you to think about is whether it will feel worse for you to push through this hard, scary feeling now, and do it, or if it’ll feel worse to turn around, walk back in the house, and wake up tomorrow, and every day after this, knowing you didn’t do this.”
A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“Darling, I would burn this world for you.”
“The first rule of men, Persephone, is that they’re all idiots.”
“I love you. Even if the Fates unraveled our destiny, I would find a way back to you.”
“The first rule of men, Persephone, is that they’re all idiots.”
“I love you. Even if the Fates unraveled our destiny, I would find a way back to you.”
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
4.5
“As I could, I loved you.”
“There are no monsters in the world, and no saints. Only infinite shades woven into the same tapestry, light and dark. One man’s monster is another man’s beloved. The wise know that.”
“I have plucked snowdrops at Midwinter, died at my own choosing, and wept for a nightingale. Now I am beyond prophecy.”
“There are no monsters in the world, and no saints. Only infinite shades woven into the same tapestry, light and dark. One man’s monster is another man’s beloved. The wise know that.”
“I have plucked snowdrops at Midwinter, died at my own choosing, and wept for a nightingale. Now I am beyond prophecy.”
Hooked by Emily McIntire
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.5
“'You want to watch the world burn?"
"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.
He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me settling into my bones.
"No, darling. I'll hand you the match, and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.'"
“Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars.”
“The greatest thing I've ever done in my life was to love you, Wendy, darling.”
"Let me guess, you'll set it on fire?" I ask.
He chuckles, the sound vibrating through me settling into my bones.
"No, darling. I'll hand you the match, and stand at your back, watching you become queen of the ashes.'"
“Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars.”
“The greatest thing I've ever done in my life was to love you, Wendy, darling.”
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
emotional
informative
sad
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? No
5.0
“Gaman. The ability to hold your pain and bitterness inside you and not let them destroy you. To make something beautiful through your anger, or with your anger, and neither erase it nor let it define you. To suffer. And to rage. And to persevere.”
“I want to believe in right and wrong. Here is what's right. Here is what isn't. Here is the line. Here is the question: If I go to war for America, if I kill for America, if I support an America that doesn't support me, and I supporting my oppressors? Am I killing their enemies so they can later kill me?”
“We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous.”
“We are not free. But we are not alone.”
“I want to believe in right and wrong. Here is what's right. Here is what isn't. Here is the line. Here is the question: If I go to war for America, if I kill for America, if I support an America that doesn't support me, and I supporting my oppressors? Am I killing their enemies so they can later kill me?”
“We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous.”
“We are not free. But we are not alone.”
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
emotional
tense
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? No
4.0
“The friends they’d made were what mattered in the end. Not the enemies. Through love, all is possible.”
“You’re my home, Hunt. Our love spans across stars and worlds, remember?” She smiled slightly. “I’ll always find you.”
“I love you. I fell in love with you in the depths of my soul, and it’s my soul that will find yours again in the next life.”
“You’re my home, Hunt. Our love spans across stars and worlds, remember?” She smiled slightly. “I’ll always find you.”
“I love you. I fell in love with you in the depths of my soul, and it’s my soul that will find yours again in the next life.”
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
4.5
“Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”
“Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name.”
“I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone.”
“Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name.”
“I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone.”
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
“I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
“The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.”
“But race is the child of racism, not the father.”
“The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.”
“But race is the child of racism, not the father.”