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The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

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

5.0

My notes while reading: 
I love snarky chaos characters so much. “Take it from someone who talks too much” *kills the guys while he’s monologuing* “you talk to much”
*mid battle* What’s the word for fucker in this language? *makes best attempt* is later corrected with the right word because what he says means cantaloupe. “Ah, I believe I am starting to understand your frustrations with my language”


Like Witcher if despite being badass, the vampires were even more badass.
Like even the “well fuck” is so Witcher 🤭
Can’t say I love you. Just says fuck you instead.

Like, he’s a badass reaper and then the vampires are just all *you fragile, we protect you” and he resents them for it even if he secretly loves it.

Lady Song kicking ass again. 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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dark 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? No

4.5

I loved Noemi. She’s fierce and bright and a force of nature. The author weaves this story well. I hate to say it, but I started to doubt Noemi in the middle. It got me too. The story gets a tad slow right in the middle, but the ending is like rolling down a steep hill. I was right on the edge of my seat. And most importantly, it ends hopeful. 
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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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emotional funny inspiring 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? No

5.0

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Disability and Ace rep.
Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Tamara Rosier

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informative
This was recommended to me by a coworker. I am often skeptical of recommendations having had many an unhelpful “life hack” from people who do not have neurodivergence or mental illness. The book ended up being more helpful than I anticipated. There were a few helpful metaphors that i am stealing (our working memory is like post it’s that have lost their sticky). However, I can’t help but compare it to other books I’ve read, namely Unmasking Autism. The biggest issue I have with this book is this: I have never once been able to combat my harmful thought patterns and habits without first changing the environment in which I am thinking and living. This books does not offer any way to change environment. Though it does attempt to help you accept the ways I’m which you brain works differently, that is incredibly hard to do when the world is not set up for you. Sometimes a fundamental shift in how our environment operates is vital to improving our conditions. I don’t think you can discuss improving mental health without looping in social justice. And I’m not sure this author had a sense of that at all. 
Alpha's Kiss by Shannon West

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fast-paced

2.0

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

A collection of short essays and poems that give voice to the pain and joy of trans-womaness, of a Chinese woman, of a person still searching for love and hope at the end of the world. It is a critique of kindness towards the queer community, and a hope for what it could be.
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The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions, Vol. 1 by Narise Konohara

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funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

3.0