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My Name Is Ona Judge

Suzette D. Harrison

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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: Complicated

Scent of a Garden

Namrata Patel

3.75

hopeful lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

Emily Amick, Sami Sage

3.5

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

It's Elementary

Elise Bryant

2.5

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t know why I finished it. DETESTED the main character and I won’t waste my time detailing why nor everything else I hated about this book 😤

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype [Abridged]

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

4.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

This is a book to digest and discuss. One I’m sure I’ll revisit.

The Curious Secrets of Yesterday

Namrata Patel

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

I loved it so much. If this book was a person I would give it the biggest hug 🤗

The Deep Sky

Yume Kitasei

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor

3.75

funny hopeful informative fast-paced

An Intrigue of Witches

Esme Addison

3.75

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring 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

This was less witchy than I was expecting but I really enjoyed it!

What Fire Brings

Rachel Howzell Hall

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Everything you like about a good mystery thriller will happen in the last 80 pages of this book. The beginning is slowwww. So slow that I wanted to give up multiple times. I’m not sure why I didn’t honestly. But the ending is pretty good. If this is your first experience with RHH read at least one more of hers.

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