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jsant

adventurous tense 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

John Scalzi is a master of SciFi. Always a unique storyline. 

This is set in the future in a time where humans are trying to conquer other planets so they can be colonized. Their recruits: 75 year old humans who volunteer to somehow be made into super soldiers. 

The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President

Edward F. O'Keefe

DID NOT FINISH: 37%

Will try again another time. Maybe just wasn't in the right head space for it. 
emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

2nd book in the Stitch in Time trilogy, following a different, but connected storyline from the first. A good mystery
emotional mysterious 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

Historical fiction, time travel, romance - probable my favorite combination of genres. This is the first in a series and takes place in Yorkshire, England. 
informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Fascinating view into the Nixon investigation and prosecution and this strong, bold, young woman who took on a president along with her colleagues. 
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Did not live this book. I found it confusing instead of clever and not a compelling story. 
adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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: No

Third and final book in this epic high fantasy trilogy. Impressive story telling and a fitting conclusion 
emotional reflective sad 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: No

A strange (but lovely?) story of love and loss and love. Takes place in current day USA, but where people spontaneously get afflictions where they change into other animals (sharks, birds, etc).  

I wanted there to be more closure at the end , but life doesn't really have closure, does it...
informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

My daughter recommended this and I'm excited to discuss it with her. This book is a memoir of a young Black doctor and his reflections and observations of race and medicine - racism, implicit and explicit bias, assumptions, socio-economic disparity, etc. A thought-provoking book.