Still good. I need to catch up on the imprint books though.

Still a good series!

So good. I really like Brown's work and I look forward to putting many of her suggestions into practice in my own life.

This was fine. It was just...I probably would have enjoyed it more had I read it when it came out, rather than in 2020.

I read this for book club. It was a good read, with lots of ideas about how to change our power systems. The depressing part was reading it so many years after it was written and knowing where we are now.

Dave the Unicorn is a delightful series where children get to become best friends with unicorns and be at school! Dave is not your typical unicorn: he farts a lot, is lazy unless motivated by food, and generally causes a ruckus. Mira, his BFF, loves him the way he is though. The cast of characters is diverse. I also thought the way the friendships worked were really realistic for the age group they are in. The only downside to the series is that I started in book three, so I missed the set-up of finding out how the school works. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

I liked a lot about this book. It was very dramatic. Ever has tried living by her family's rules her whole life. She dresses modestly, and she is on the path to medical school, even though the sight of blood makes her sick. Her parents decide to send her to a Mandarin immersion program in Taiwan for the summer. There, Ever finally gets to stretch her wings. Ever makes a lot of decisions during the summer in her attempt to break all of her parents rules, most of which might go too far in a direction she doesn't want to go in. It was an enjoyable read, but there is a lot of drama and a lot of unhealthy behaviors.

This is a 3.5 star book for me. It made me wish that I had read "The Count of Monte Cristo" more recently so I would be able to draw more parallels. Amaya, also known as "Silverfish", is so close to being done with her term on a debtor's ship and so ready to return to her mother. Of course, things don't go smoothly when she decides to rescue a man in the ocean, and gets time added on to her service. Cayo is trying to recover from time spent in the gambling dens, to regain his father's trust and save his sister from the ash fever that is ravaging the country. Their lives slowly draw together and eventually collide.

This book is told in dueling perspectives, and for the most part I really enjoyed it. There were times when I wanted to shake both of them, but I can't deny that their actions make sense for the characters. It's a little bit bloody. Characters are bisexual and a range of skin tones, although the main romance is between a man and a woman.

So powerful. Essential reading.

Very cute. I think this would be good for any kid who has someone neurodiverse in their class, or just for kids who really like animals.