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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this in 2017 and gave it 5 stars. I'm lowering it to 4 now. I still like it, but since I'm 25 now and not 19, maybe I'm not as much its target audience anymore? Don't get me wrong - I still love the actual story and the characters, but 

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Jacob taking on his grandpa's ex via sloppy seconds is totally mind boggling to me and kinda ick. I love that Jacob even said it was basically like incest and then just... went along with it? Like okay bro lmfao.

Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia by Hadley Freeman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.

this book was going great until the chapter "mothers and the woman problem" wherein the author is suddenly spouting TERF rhetoric and being blatantly transphobic. as someone with an eating disorder AND gender dysphoria, the two are NOT the same. being trans is NOT the new anorexia, as freeman puts it. transphobia is NOT self harm. this section was so unneeded and definitely a way for her to spew TERF ideology. 
i'm so glad i don't buy books and instead borrow this from the library bc i would be so pissed if i bought this.

Lumberjanes, Vol. 20: End of Summer by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

i'm gonna miss this series. was super cute 🫶🏻

although, the fact that hes

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pulled artemis, a whole ass greek goddess, is kind of funny but also weird to me. artemis is like billions of years old and hes is like at most 17? wild.

 

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

review to come

(thanks, i hate it!)

Lumberjanes, Vol. 19: A Summer to Remember by Shannon Watters

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Lumberjanes, Vol. 18: Horticultural Horizons by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

i liked seeing more into the history of the lumberjanes!

Lumberjanes, Vol. 17: Smitten in the Stars by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

diane/artemis redemption arc? diane/artemis ASEXUAL?!?,!,!

Lumberjanes, Vol. 16: Mind Over Mettle by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

3.0

Lumberjanes, Vol. 15: Birthday Smarty by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous funny fast-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

3.25

Lumberjanes, Vol. 14: X Marks the Spot by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

ripely is so funny i love her so much