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Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them

Scarlett Curtis

DID NOT FINISH: 53%

Dunno, was half listening to these in the car but then just never picked it up again. I've crossed it off my reading as I'm not reaching for it. Maybe another time. 

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Ken Liu

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

Just wasn't particularly captivated by these stories, and so I'm DNFing. 
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Like with all books split into parts I enjoyed parts of this story more than other bits.

It was okay, but I'm not sure it's a firm favourite of mine. 
emotional funny 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: Complicated

This book was fine, I enjoyed it and laughed in parts but nothing really stood out, I can't say in 12 months time I will likely remember anything about this book.

There was a few bits going on, a woman who can't let and ex go, a kid in a new school trying to keep a secret for a friend but also wanted to protect them, an aging mother/widow working out who she is and what she wants. 

I think the author had lots of ideas here and I don't know, it felt a bit messy? 

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emotional reflective sad 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

Solid book, sad ending, but cute overall. 
Enjoyed nana the cats perspective on the oddities of humans. 

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dark tense medium-paced

Half marks for me initially I enjoyed it but it was honestly about 100 pages too long in my opinion.

I felt that the epilouge went on and on and could have wrapped up much quicker, and there was a lot of detail about side characters that didn't really need extra storyline and didn't really go anywhere/add anything. 


emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a young adult book, it's not made for me, I definitely found this to be very simple and not a challenge.
challenging emotional sad 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

I enjoyed this book, but it felt really similar to her first book only that this one was water and the previous one was about bees. It didn't feel new to me but the story was good, and I liked the characters and I was mostly rooting for them. 
adventurous funny mysterious 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: No

Raced through this, thought it was fun had no idea what was going to happen and the ending is good.

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dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I raced through this book but it was a very hard going book, I liked the way Emily weaved the story and kept you guessing but if it was any longer I would have lost patience. It felt repetitive in parts and I don't really know what it was that didn't make it a big win for me. 

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