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21 reviews

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal by Sarah Maslin Nir

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Captures the love of horses and the surprises of humanity. 

America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled by Blythe Roberson

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A great read that celebrates our National Park system and critiques it's history and hypocrisy. Funny, thought provoking and educational in an the right ways. 

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Tragic and sad, paints vivid picture of what happens when hate gets in the way and is passed down through generations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Animal death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The author's ability to weave so many different forms of injustice and trauma into one story is incredible, as it demonstrates how situations are never simply because of "one" problem. Thought-provoking book, definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz

dark funny slow-paced

4.0

Written essays from the 70's and 80's but re-edited for today's politics. Some uncomfortable wording. Turns is phrases and topics imaginative and interesting, and often still funny. 

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Charging read about a family's time dealing with old and new grief. Characters are well written, lovable and real. Gives you lots to think about and makes you smile. Great read. 

Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life by Jess Phoenix

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Informative and at times head shaking account of a woman volcanologist. Well written and surprising tales. 

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully written, charming characters, and unexpectedly funny in so the right ways. Fantastic read with a message that always needs to be remembered. Would def read again and again - I want to go back to the house on the cerulean sea too.