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Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

It’s fucking boring. After a while, since grammar rules’re a fuckery themselves, what’s the point of reading about the history of a punctuation mark, even if it IS your favorite one? It’s supposed to be a short history, but man did it feel forever every single time I opened the book to just read 10 mins and then give up.

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A

5.0

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

DRY I added this to my TBR list, honestly. First few pages're interesting, but later on drolls-it's full of aphorisms, reminds me of reading Plato, but not as engaging. Quick read, though. Some lines do cause self-reflection, but it just seems too fucking clichéd for my taste-perks of reading too many classics, I suppose.

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

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challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced