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Dune by Frank Herbert

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

4.0

Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking by Irene Li, Margaret Li

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3.5

I like this! I feel like most of this I knew but I got several new nuggets and ideas which I'm excited about
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

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

4.75

OMG THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD! I want to read the second one, it reminds me of how I feel about the poison study!
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

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

3.0

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

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challenging mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love books about the fae. Not the one I was expecting, but I really, really, love it. 
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

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

3.5

Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer's Market by Tama Matsuoka Wong, Eddy LeRoux

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Did not finish book.
I really like this! I borrowed it from the library. Would check out/read again. I feel like it's a good addition to a kitchen
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

Why is it that every time I come away from reading one of his books, I am crying and feel like a truck has hit me? I always feel so much MORE when I finish. More of myself, and like I can look at the world anew and more gently and hopefully. 
A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
I did not like the main character. He is mean and annoying. He also is compared to the other love interests daughter CONSTANTLY. Like, sometimes multiple times in one chapter. The fact that he is feeling like a teenager because the love interest is a dad just makes the fact that the book is poised to get them together to be WIERD. SO SO weird. I'm not sure the ages, but it sounds like the main character is around 24 and the love interest is in his early 40s. His daughter is in high school, so he couldn't be much younger than this and I just think that's a large age gap, but I could have gotten past it if it wasn't for the fact that he is always being compared to the love interests daughter. 

Ex(ish): He said, Stop, and I did, and I felt like his teen daughter because why is it that parents all learn how to do that? Mine certainly did the same with me. 

Like,,,,, that's WEIRD THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT HE IS ACTING LIKE YOUR DAD WHEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR LOVE INTEREST. 

Also, my partner thought this book was boring. Also kinda true. Definitely a slow read with nothing really going on. The main character just felt so one dimensional and like all he had was pithy lines to say. Cutting remarks a personality do not make. 

OMG ALSO THE LOVE INTEREST IS HIS BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE WTFFF
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 78%.
It was just... not a plot filled story with compelling characters. Nothing wrong with a romance novel, just wasn't what I was craving when I was recced this book bc "fae."