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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a beautiful and eye opening read. It's a wonderful way to reexamine and reaffirm your relationship with the land you depend on and love.
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The plot was pretty engaging, if slightly 'off-brand Pratchett', but the writing itself kind of screamed "I was written by a man in the 1980s". 
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

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slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

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medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a solid 3/5 stars. I do like that it’s a murder mystery set in space, but it didn’t really  grab my attention.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't really go in for dark dystopia, but this was really interesting, and the discussions we had about it in class really made me think.
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book really captured how complicated relationships and friendships can be as a teenager, and it was a quick lighthearted read. 
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

5.0

PET by Akwaeke Emezi

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adventurous challenging lighthearted medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was so sweet and unique. 
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

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

2.0

Some of the ideas in the book are interesting, like the metavirus and the Sumerian stuff, but Snow Crash is definitely worse than when I read it at age 14.