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Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

I read this in one day basically and couldn't put it down. I was so worried about what would happen, and I felt so much for the characters. I didn't look at the premise before reading so it caught me entirely by surprise. I really liked this book.
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We All Love the Beautiful Girls by Joanne Proulx

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

4.75

Wow, this was stunning and so engaging. I was really pulled in and didn't want to look away. 

I wish I'd written my review right after finishing it, because I would have had more to say, but I've read two other books in the couple days since I finished this one, so I'm having a hard time figuring out what to say. But I want to read more by this author and some things about this book will stay with me for a long time.
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Corinne by Rebecca Morrow

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

5.0

I love this book so much. Something about the way it was written is perfect to me--it's one of those books that spoils you for other books because you wish it could always be like this. I love everything about how the relationship unfolds, how things are revealed, the small moments and little unspoken things that become so big when you're in Corinne's head with her. I love the way Morrow doesn't just barrel past the awkward words writing sex scenes requires, and addresses the lack of good words for everything, how it's hard to talk about in real life and in writing. I didn't really know the genre or premise going in so I was a little stressed the whole book that there wouldn't be a HEA, because once I got about halfway through I didn't even want to check the StoryGraph to see if it's really a romance or not. I stayed up way too late reading this book and was just so invested in it. I definitely want to read more by Rebecca Morrow.

Edit: I read this book because John Green recommended it as a "super steamy evangelical romance," but I forgot about that when I finally got around to reading it (I just marked it as "John Green rec"). Anyway I just wanted to say....he's right lmao that's a good description.
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Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques by Grace Elisabeth Lavery

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Just switching to the ebook version instead of the print version, due to how much time I have to read ebooks at the moment! Nothing at all against the book, I'm reading it already right now
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I really liked this! After getting into it I sped through most of the book in one day. I was super engaged with the characters, their relationships, all the mystery/problems of the plot, everything. I would definitely read more by this author. And I loved all the queer representation! (I'm genderfluid and experience that way differently than Claire/Claude does in this book, but I still really loved having a genderfluid main character.)
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
Idk, I just wasn't very into it, and I wasn't reading it for any particular reason. Once I considered DNFing I looked at reviews and didn't feel like I'd end up thinking it was worth my time. 
A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I really liked this! Sometimes it takes me longer to get through books from multiple POVs just because it goes back and forth and I have to wait longer for the bits I might be more interested in (cliffhangers last longer, etc.), but at a certain point I just was very invested in the whole story and all the characters. It took them longer to cross paths than I anticipated, but that's not a bad thing by any means. I'd definitely recommend this!
Chicken Run: Hatching The Movie by Brian Sibley

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informative lighthearted slow-paced

4.5

I love Chicken Run, and found this used for cheap at Powell's and got excited and bought it. The beginning felt like it was just a bunch of patting everyone who made it on the back/an advertisement for the company, and I thought maybe it would be disappointing. But the book is actually much longer than it seems (or at least than it seemed to me--I thought it would be a lot of pictures and not much text and I'd speed through it, but that wasn't the case), and more substantial! It was super interesting once it got into the way the movie was made, the story was written, how all of it works. My partner also recently started a job at a (different) stop motion studio so I was extra interested in things that might still be what they do today in similar movies. I enjoyed reading this for sure! I'll probably never read it again cover to cover but I think I'll keep the book around to reference.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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

4.5

Finally got around to reading this and I was super invested, for sure! It got darker than I thought it would, there was a lot more hunger games-y vibes than I expected, but not in a bad way. I definitely want to read more in the series.
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.75

This was really cute! I'll read anything if it's queer and this was in no way disappointing in that regard. This was a lovely little adventure that got a bit darker than I thought it would, but not in a bad way. I'd definitely recommend this! 
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