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Warriors Super Edition: Bluestar's Prophecy by Erin Hunter

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I originally only got this collection because of the titular story, but I picked up the rest of the collection on a whim. As of a now, Ted Chiang is the only writer that made me appreciate short stories. It's a miracle, I tell you.

That said, I feel like his writing style should not work for me, but it does. He writes like a surgeon operates: he's precise, metodical, quick and almost sterile. Every story seems to be narrated from a supernatural being, observing the life of us puny humans with a critical eye from outside the atmosphere, but one that can't help being deeply invested in the inner lives of mankind.

Honestly, the perfect combination for some good science fiction.

Happy Place by Emily Henry

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emotional funny lighthearted

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It comes a time in every Emily Henry book (I say this fully knowing I only read two of them) in which I identify so intensely with the protagonist that I have doubts about my privacy.

Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far by Paul A. Offit

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informative reflective

4.0

Making Money by Terry Pratchett

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adventurous funny informative

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

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emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I finished this book with an heavy (but still somehow light) heart; to the ones whose place will always be empty: love and memory will keep it full in your stead.

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

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dark emotional sad slow-paced