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775 reviews

Billie Starr's Book of Sorries by Deborah E. Kennedy

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Colored Television by Danzy Senna

medium-paced

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

4.75

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

Golden Ax by Rio Cortez

mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.25

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

challenging mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Too Much: A Guide to Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Codependency by Terri Cole

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Lucky Turtle by Bill Roorbach

challenging hopeful sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier by April White

challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

2.5

An interesting topic, but I wouldn’t have finished it if it weren’t part of a personal challenge to read from all 50 states. I am glad this historical record exists and that April White pulled it together, happy to hear the realness of some of the buildings still standing, and especially grateful that the divorce colony existed. And the level of detail was not necessary for my own reading/listening.