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What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities by Julia Turshen

What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities

Julia Turshen

4.5
funny hopeful informative fast-paced
Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: Buenos Aires, Argentina 1976-1983: The Exile of Editor Robert J. Cox by David Cox, John M. Burbage, Susan Kammeraad-Campbell

Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: Buenos Aires, Argentina 1976-1983: The Exile of Editor Robert J. Cox

David Cox, John M. Burbage, Susan Kammeraad-Campbell

4.0
emotional informative reflective medium-paced
What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald

What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald

3.75
hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon by José Andrés

Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon

José Andrés

3.75
informative inspiring fast-paced
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Heather Fawcett

DID NOT FINISH: 24%
I was so bored! It was painfully overwritten and nothing seemed to happen. Ugh, no thank you
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

3.0
dark slow-paced
The Shortest History of Democracy: Four Thousand Years of Self-Government—A Retelling for Our Times by John Keane

The Shortest History of Democracy: Four Thousand Years of Self-Government—A Retelling for Our Times

John Keane

4.0
informative reflective medium-paced
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Anne Applebaum

3.25
dark fast-paced
More Than This by Krystal Marquis

More Than This

Krystal Marquis

4.5
emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The sequel was not quite as good as the first. There felt like there were a few filler chapters but it ended in a happily ever after so that was nice to have everything tied up so nearly. 
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

4.25
dark informative reflective medium-paced
While a good book, Ben-Ghiat strays away from racism as a major cause of strongmen and her virility chapter misses the point that women are needed to carry the next generation of white babies. Overall, an interesting read.