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Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

3.5

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

Informative guide on the subject matter! The author’s points were well researched and insightful for sure. I thought some parts were repetitive and not intentionally, but otherwise great insight!

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Field Notes on Love

Jennifer E. Smith

4.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What a fun story!

I love books that involve road-trips, so I was excited to check out a cross country train trip!

The characters were lovely and believable, and overall just a lighthearted read, would recommend.

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Feral Creatures

Kira Jane Buxton

4.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This and the first book in this series has one of the most unique premises I’ve read.

Those who live in the pacific northwest will also very much appreciate all the locations mentioned throughout the story.

Can’t wait to see what Kira does next!

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I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Casey McQuiston

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

4.5

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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Summer Sons

Lee Mandelo

3.5

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can’t say I’ve ever read a book like this before! It was quite a slow paced read, with some little points of excitement throughout until it all comes together at the end.

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A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Wow. This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read.

It hit on all levels, such an eye-opening, inspiring, reflective, and deeply personal read. The authors really did the subject’s stories justice. Ma-nee has lived many, many lives, and the world is lucky to have this published work to live on forever.

I appreciated the afterwords of this book, that explained how the publication came to be, since the subject of the memoir has vision issues that would make writing a book from start to finish difficult. So much went into it, and it made me appreciate the book even more.

Overall, this book is severely overlooked, and should be read by anybody who wants to better understand native (queer) identities and culture.

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The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen

3.5

dark 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: No

This was a nice quick read! Loved the art style, especially the color work used as a storytelling mechanism was incredible. I didn’t super connect with the characters and had a hard time following along with the plot at times, but it was an enjoyable read overall!

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