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Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life by Margaret Price
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Too academic for me to follow along.
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
YA really, really isn't for me, but I don't give up on trying because I loved the Fat Angie trilogy so much, and there are some New Adult books that appeal to me a little more. I guess this book stopped me because I'm tired of the fashionista fat girl who encounters a cool "goth" girl and the fat girl just does not feel like a grown up and she does all these awkward things that are, like, OMG, so embarrassing. I would have loved this novel when I was a teen. I am not a teen, so I don't relate to it at all, nor do the "hard" situations seem as hard to me as an adult as they would have seemed when I was the main character's age.
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The Hike by Drew Magary
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
fast-paced
2.0
There is nothing scary about this book. The author races through the scenes, not really showing us any gore or emotion. I couldn't remember which character was which, except teen girl worked in a movie theater and the other had a boyfriend. We're constantly told what has happened. One of the big twists is that the original girl who died when a truck crashed into her house was actually projectiled out of the house and then lived in the woods and that's why the food has been disappearing??