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Upstream: Select Essays by Mary Oliver

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Beautiful, hopeful prose. There's a world out there! And we're in it :)
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

4.0

I loved Joanne's reading of the audiobook, very immersive and great audio quality. 
As for the actual story, I don't know what else I could say that hasn't been said already. It was entertaining. I like that the author doesn't cast any moral judgement on the characters and instead forces you to reside in the complexity of it. Top tier representative of the gothic romance genre tbh.
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Ciudad de los ángeles caídos by Cassandra Clare

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Laughing, crying, screaming, etc. What a journey. This was like watching thee perfect season of a favorite show. A perfect way to weave both halves of this saga.
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Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira

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

2.0

Tacky and thoughtless. Like watching a bad comedian’s skit that extends for far too long. I don’t understand why many people rank it higher assuming that it’s their fault for not being intelligent or well-versed enough to get the text. You don’t get it because it’s an empty string of the author’s simplistic headcanons -and it’s boring to boot. Period.
The only good parts were other author’s texts, including the bible verses which are not even credited and I would not have noticed had I not reread those passages in preparation for this book.
So underwhelming, save your time and go read something else.
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Didáctica Para Profesores de a Pie: propuestas para comprender y mejorar la práctica by Felipe Trillo Alonso, Liliana Sanjurjo

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Me gustó mucho la parte de Trillo, creo que la estaré utilizando mucho como referencia para mi práctica. La sección de Sanjurjo es más reflexiva y sintetiza varias posturas académicas lo que la hace mucho más densa y compleja; no muy útil para quienes andamos "de a pie".
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Delightful. Much like Monty, I was ready to dislike Adrian but I'm 100% team Gremlin now. I love how the book dealth with a heavy subject in a thoughtful way that also aligned with the message that you are not your condition/illness. The ending was perfect, I wouldn't have it any other way for this series.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

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informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

I enjoyed some of this author's work but this struck me as needlessly facetious. Some of the conclusions regarding TV can easily apply to current day technology, but I'm not sure I agree with him as to the consequences. 
Many of his problematizations of the subject can be easily interpreted as ableist, racist, and downright colonialist, but due to the fact that he doesn't elaborate in any of these, he ends up tip-toeing that middle line like a true libertarian. While I understand that his approach was revolutionary in its time and certainly paved the way to an improvement of pedagogical thinking, I believe that many of his conclusions regarding the "function of school" have been overriden by critical theory (Freire, Jelin, etc.) I would encourage anyone with an interest in education to look up more perspectives and not "marry" into Postman's vision so quickly.
La invención de Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

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challenging mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.5

Weird little book. Helped me cover a prompt for a yearly challenge but unsure if I would've read til the end otherwise. Maybe I'm missing something.
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Check, Please!: Year One by Ngozi Ukazu

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funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Doing a re-read before the year ends. This comic changed my life when I first read it, I'm so happy to see the fandom still going strong.
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful story, well-fleshed characters, kept me at the edge of my metaphorical seat for the last third. I loved the ending, which I feel was as close to a happy one that we could get after events such as these. 
Audiobook quality was great, the narrator made me feel immersed into the plot right away despite me not knowing anything about this historical period.
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