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The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
4.0
“Don't waste your time obsessing over stupid actions of stupid people.”
“First and foremost—be confident. Second—be spontaneous. Third—the only opinion that matters is your own.”
“What are you doing?” I whisper. “Well, you were looking at me like you wanted me to kiss you.” His blue eyes become heavy-lidded. “So I was thinking I might do that.”
“First and foremost—be confident. Second—be spontaneous. Third—the only opinion that matters is your own.”
“What are you doing?” I whisper. “Well, you were looking at me like you wanted me to kiss you.” His blue eyes become heavy-lidded. “So I was thinking I might do that.”
Electric Idol by Katee Robert
dark
emotional
tense
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
4.0
“I see a woman I don't deserve, but you make me want to be a better man so that one day I might deserve you. I see a goddess.”
“Love doesn't much care whether you deserve it or not. It's not exactly a conditional thing - or at least it shouldn't be.”
“I'm not a dreamer by nature. I like facts and reality rather than the fantastic version of what could be.”
“Love doesn't much care whether you deserve it or not. It's not exactly a conditional thing - or at least it shouldn't be.”
“I'm not a dreamer by nature. I like facts and reality rather than the fantastic version of what could be.”
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
“Patience is the road to wisdom.”
“Emotions are captive to reality.”
“Once we are, we will always be.”
“Emotions are captive to reality.”
“Once we are, we will always be.”
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
4.5
“As deaths go, it would have been a kind one. There were worse ways to meet one’s demise than being buried alive in literature.”
“To me, the truth doesn’t ruin anything. Why should understanding the universe diminish our sense of wonder at it?”
“Here were three people who desperately needed each other—perhaps even loved each other—and they would all rather contract consumption than admit it.”
“To me, the truth doesn’t ruin anything. Why should understanding the universe diminish our sense of wonder at it?”
“Here were three people who desperately needed each other—perhaps even loved each other—and they would all rather contract consumption than admit it.”
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
emotional
hopeful
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
“I don't know who I am without him.”
White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both women and people of color and we are always seen and treated as such.”
“Women of color are rarely given the benefit of the doubt and even more rarely considered worthy of sympathy and support. If we are angry it is because we are bullies, if we are crying it is because we are indulging in the cult of victimhood, if we are poised it is because we lack emotion, if we are emotional it is because we are less rational human and more primitive animal.”
“White women’s tears are fundamental to the success of whiteness. Their distress is a weapon that prevents people of color from being able to assert themselves or to effectively challenge white racism and alter the fundamental inequalities built into the system.”
“Women of color are rarely given the benefit of the doubt and even more rarely considered worthy of sympathy and support. If we are angry it is because we are bullies, if we are crying it is because we are indulging in the cult of victimhood, if we are poised it is because we lack emotion, if we are emotional it is because we are less rational human and more primitive animal.”
“White women’s tears are fundamental to the success of whiteness. Their distress is a weapon that prevents people of color from being able to assert themselves or to effectively challenge white racism and alter the fundamental inequalities built into the system.”
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
5.0
“What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest.”
“Time was constructed with love in mind. / Time and love are intertwined, they are both measures of life, they are the two clocks.”
“She is fascinated by how much romantic love can soften a hard life, highlight the best of you, not condemn the worst of you.”
“Time was constructed with love in mind. / Time and love are intertwined, they are both measures of life, they are the two clocks.”
“She is fascinated by how much romantic love can soften a hard life, highlight the best of you, not condemn the worst of you.”
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? No
4.0
“Don't you see how belittling this is! I'm not brave for wearing a dress. I'm just living!”
“Choose what makes you happy. Things, places, people. Only choose the ones that bring that delight to you. Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
“The future isn’t exclusive, it’s inclusive”
“Choose what makes you happy. Things, places, people. Only choose the ones that bring that delight to you. Don’t be a hostage to duty or obligation. I didn’t carry you and birth you and raise you to waste your precious life on anything except unbridled joy. Choose joy.”
“The future isn’t exclusive, it’s inclusive”
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.”
“What is easy is sustainable. Birds coast when they can.”
“Matter doesn't disappear, it transforms. Energy is the same way. The Earth is layer upon layer of all that has existed, remembered by the dirt.”
“What is easy is sustainable. Birds coast when they can.”
“Matter doesn't disappear, it transforms. Energy is the same way. The Earth is layer upon layer of all that has existed, remembered by the dirt.”
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.5
“The only way out is through. I know it’s hard, really hard sometimes, but your options are to either give up, or push through the hard parts. And I know you don’t want to give up.”
“Cheese-flavored anything was the solution to every problem.”
“The question I want you to think about is whether it will feel worse for you to push through this hard, scary feeling now, and do it, or if it’ll feel worse to turn around, walk back in the house, and wake up tomorrow, and every day after this, knowing you didn’t do this.”
“Cheese-flavored anything was the solution to every problem.”
“The question I want you to think about is whether it will feel worse for you to push through this hard, scary feeling now, and do it, or if it’ll feel worse to turn around, walk back in the house, and wake up tomorrow, and every day after this, knowing you didn’t do this.”