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Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

adventurous funny informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.

I could not be in Hera’s head for one more minute. 
A book that just seems to tick boxes and trying to be relevant/clever.

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs

adventurous funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

3.5

Right now, at the time of finishing, I don’t even know

Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson

3.5

The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.5

The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

1.0

I wish I DNF

Always Will Be: Stories of Goori Sovereignty from the Futures of the Tweed by Mykaela Saunders

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

A brilliant exploration of possible futures in the traditional Goori lands of the Tweed River. I loved the themes that connected the stories, cultural learning and engagement, understanding and taking care of the land and the seas.

Stories in the not so distant future of overdevelopment and technology.

Stories of sovereignty never ceded and the people taking back their land and living in harmony with it, teaching those that want to learn. 

Stories of Ocean Bikies and surfing waves of epic proportions where the seas have taken over the land.

Stories of living off earth in space and coming back, of culture changing, but staying the same.

Stories of kinship and joy and family. If we had only let them be.

Mykaela talks about how Indigenous people have been telling stories for thousands years. Her stories are exciting, endearing, fresh and inspiring.

Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5