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Jane: A Murder by Maggie Nelson

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challenging dark reflective sad tense

5.0

An elegy companion to The Red Parts, this time focused on Jane and largely told in poetry and prose.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.0

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

5.0

It's not a fast read but not slow either, it's real-life, and a story old as time, yet it still leaves you breathless. A fantastic and incredible work.

Unstoppable Us, Volume 2: Why the World Isn't Fair by Yuval Noah Harari

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informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Fascinating history and how society formed that isn't often covered by usual classes or books.

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

4.0

As others have said, the intense storyline switches early to historical information which felt abrupt but I still learned a lot and have more to research next.

To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer

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funny hopeful lighthearted

4.0

The re re re re re...in the first 90 mins of the audiobook was so frustrating but once you get past it then it becomes a cute YA epistolary novel.

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

So so so much love in this book about grief and loss.

Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. by Rob Delaney

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