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Kaze and Sharin (Wind and wheel) by Riki Nanami

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari

1.25

Ughhhhhhh. Reading the reviews, I thought people were being a little too cruel ; love makes us act irrationally, after all. But when half my annotations consist on variations of "girl what the hell are you still doing there", I realize people were absolutely right. Dreadful experience all around tbh 

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

Biblioteca Studio Ghibli: El viaje de Chihiro by Marta García Villar

4.5

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

5.0

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

An Evening with Ali Stroker by Ali Stroker

5.0

Emails from an Asshole: Real People Being Stupid by John Lindsay

0.25

"Real people being stupid" and  one's a DV survivor 

so this book derives from a website of a guy that used to do this because people were being unreasonable on their ads, which I admit, I used to find pretty funny when I was a kid 

However in this book we find out he does this as a form of “justice” and constantly tries to justify to the readers why these people “deserve it”. Which might make sense for people asking for a free car , but definitely not for A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE simply trying to get back out there (roughly second to last story, not worth DNF at that point). Published in 2010 and boy , does it show. A product of its time , and a waste of mine

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

dark mysterious tense

5.0

Continuum by Chella Man

5.0