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115 reviews

Brave by Rose McGowan

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hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

How storing! If 5% is true it’s no wonder how this woman has such a fire in her belly. Great insights into how actors are permanently in a role.
Time and Time Again by Ben Elton

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

Great premise history nerds will love ‘if you could stop the moment that sent history south!’.

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

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adventurous medium-paced

3.0

A cool side story on September 11.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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dark informative medium-paced

4.0

Shows the legacy of slavery on a family.
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

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informative slow-paced

2.5

Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Kornreich Gelissen

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dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The most authentic account of life in a Death Camp.
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire by Bettany Hughes

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informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

History crush.
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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dark slow-paced

5.0

So hard to read because that is exactly what poverty and abuse is like.
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

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adventurous tense medium-paced

4.5

Visceral descriptions. Unlikeable main voice.
It's So Easy: And Other Lies by Duff McKagan

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funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Great read about managing life and turning things around.