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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

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challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A piece of this book will always remain in me.
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

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informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Edward Austin Hall, Bill Campbell

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3.0

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a beautiful and eye opening read. It's a wonderful way to reexamine and reaffirm your relationship with the land you depend on and love.
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The plot was pretty engaging, if slightly 'off-brand Pratchett', but the writing itself kind of screamed "I was written by a man in the 1980s". 
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

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slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

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medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a solid 3/5 stars. I do like that it’s a murder mystery set in space, but it didn’t really  grab my attention.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't really go in for dark dystopia, but this was really interesting, and the discussions we had about it in class really made me think.