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The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

The Rain Heron

Robbie Arnott

4.0
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

4.0
The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS by Simon Garfield

The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS

Simon Garfield

4.0
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane

Good Behaviour

Molly Keane

3.0
funny sad medium-paced
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

Quartet in Autumn

Barbara Pym

4.0
emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

DID NOT FINISH: 50%
A strong start, but around the time of her experience of the winter solstice at Stonehenge I just found the tone of this book insufferably pretentious and frankly insulting. 
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago

A Net for Small Fishes

Lucy Jago

3.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Tales of the City

Armistead Maupin

3.0
E.M. Forster: A New Life by Wendy Moffat

E.M. Forster: A New Life

Wendy Moffat

DID NOT FINISH: 12%
Small Country by Gaël Faye

Small Country

Gaël Faye

2.5