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The Girls I've Been, by Tess Sharpe

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was what I kept coming back to during a 2 month long, back-to-school induced reading slump lol. Not bad, not great, I think I'll enjoy the movie more. While the writing was very obvious, I liked the overall plot and characters.
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds, by Ocean Vuong

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 96%.
lol libby turned it in 💔
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk

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challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

This slapped me in the face and made me spiral and cry and I´m starting therapy again soon so.........5 stars.
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

2.75

This was okay...her perspective felt so regurgitated and girl boss millennial vibes. She's inspiring but it just didn't work for me. I feel like I gained a lot from the first couple hours but after that I was just listening to finish.
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Yerba Buena, by Nina LaCour

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this so much! At least half of it was read in one sitting. I had my pen in hand the whole time because the prose is just so gorgeous. It would be 5 stars but some parts felt a little flat to me. I would love to reread this and see what else i can grasp. 
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The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a reread for me and I love it just as much as I did last summer (if not more)! It's so comforting to read a book about a girl so similar to me and have a lot of my childhood experiences represented. I cried and I laughed and I underlined and annotated so much. Thank you to my AP lang teacher for assigning us this for summer reading and thank you to Jeannette Walls for writing it <3
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Earthlings, by Sayaka Murata

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

i've never felt so repulsed while reading a book before. i really liked it and i admire murata's writing a lot but i can't get over the pure gore in this book. wild.
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No One Is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can't get over this book and how much it affected me emotionally. Lockwood's fragmented and stream-of-consciousness-ish writing style accurately embodied the mind of someone who spends 5+ hours on social media a day (formerly me). In part one you are laughing and relating and taking pictures of every paragraph to send to post on your story (ironic in hindsight), and in part two your heart is ripped out of your chest and you are feeling every emotion the main character is feeling. It was so comforting to read a book that writes, so beautifully, all of the thoughts I've had about the internet and the culture social media has created, with prose I could only dream of crafting. Read this book if you want to laugh and cry and rethink everything.
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, by Greta Thunberg

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informative fast-paced

2.0

I had to read this for AP lang summer reading. I probably would've liked this if it wasn't a collection of speeches that have little to no variation and make vague references that the listener is expected to understand. Like girl, say something new! She does know how to craft a good speech though, so I was able to take a lot away about constructing arguments, but I gained zero knowledge on the climate crisis.  
Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now, by Jenny Brown

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

i really loved this! i feel like i learned a lot, but obviously one book can't cover every single thing about abortion. would recommend to anyone wanting an introduction to abortion rights that ends with a hopeful tone and a sustainable call to action.
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