aus10england's Reviews (943)

A Man and His Cat, Volume 8

Umi Sakurai

4.75

emotional funny lighthearted

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

another amazing installment! we meet mr. kanda’s kids, shenanigans ensues! i’ll always pick up the next in the series.

Island Summers: Memories of a Norwegian Childhood

Tilly Culme-Seymour

1.5

adventurous slow-paced

I wanna be kind since this is a multi generational story, but I don’t know if there was enough here to make an entire book. I like hearing about the author’s grandmother, but otherwise the writing didn’t feel vivid enough to fully engage me in the stories.

The Summer With You

Nagisa Furuya

2.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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: No

cute!

Camp QUILTBAG

Nicole Melleby, A.J. Sass

3.0

emotional 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

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The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking

Project for Public Spaces, Jay Walljasper

3.0

informative inspiring fast-paced

Great info in this book, a bit repetitive at times, but still an inspiring read.

A Song Below Water

Bethany C. Morrow

1.75

emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I unfortunately couldn’t get into this one. Had a hard time understanding the differences in the dual POV’s.

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Upper Left Cities: A Cultural Atlas of San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle

David Banis, Hunter Shobe

3.25

informative fast-paced

It was fine, some cool maps, not all were relevant or made sense. Also I know they explained why Vancouver BC wasn’t in in this book, but it would have made sense to to include it.

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Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

4.25

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Gagged me a bit, for sure.

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Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--And Keep-- Love

Amir Levine, Rachel Heller

4.25

informative medium-paced

I learned a lot from this book! Recommended by a therapist, would be helpful especially to those IN relationships.

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Flight of the Puffin

Ann Braden

1.75

emotional 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

Maybe I missed something? This book seemed to be trying to get a lot accomplished in a short amount of time. I didn’t really buy it. Plus the adult characters seemed highly useless. The messages were sweet and the diversity was of course wonderful, but I wonder if it would have been more successful if we had just focused on one main character.

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