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Record of a Spaceborn Few ~ Becky Chambers

Record of a Spaceborn Few ~ Becky Chambers

Rating: 4/5 Much more contained that Chamers’ first two books in the series, Record of a Spaceborn Few covers what it’s like to be human on the Exodan fleet, one of the original space fleets that left Earth and became its own contained living community. Tessa, Kip, and Sawyer are the motley crew that make up the main characters that weave together this story of a murder in a tight knit…

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War Storm ~ Victoria Aveyard

War Storm ~ Victoria Aveyard

Rating: 2/5 The most disappointing book I’ve read this year so far, War Storm is the finale to the Red Queen series. I was hopeful that the conclusion to the series that started out intriguing, then continued to limp along might finally make up for all the hours spent reading it and provide some sort of resolution. Unfortunately, the majority of the book centers on the war, and there is no real…

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Darius the Great is Not Okay ~ Adib Khorram

Darius the Great is Not Okay ~ Adib Khorram

Rating: 3/5 I went into this book with high hopes, and instead found a sleepy novel with a rather monotonous narrator. I listened to this book on audio, and while it may have been mostly the real life narrator that made this book feel a bit boring, perhaps the protagonist’s voice was also a little monotonous. Darius is a nervous, nerdy boy. He feels like he doesn’t fit into his Iranian family,…

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The Wedding Date ~ Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date ~ Jasmine Guillory

Rating: 4/5

I jumped into this book with no small amount of enthusiasm. I’ve recently learned that I truly enjoy a good romance novel. The lightness and predictability of the outcome are soothing when you need something soothing to read, plus you pick up any number of romance novels and never need to read the same one twice. They are usually quick reads, so therefore efficient at getting me…

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White Fragility ~ Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility ~ Robin DiAngelo

Rating: 4/5

Loved it. Not a lot of new information, but great ways to talk about and think about the vulnerability inherent in talking about race and how to tune in to it and call it out.

Lots of people, including myself, can get defensive when we are told something we said or did is racist. There’s a reason for that, and it’s that we have grown up in a racist society. The more we notice…

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Not Just a Tomboy ~ Caspar Baldwin

Not Just a Tomboy ~ Caspar Baldwin

Rating: 4/5

Baldwin’s memoir is the only book I’ve read detailing gender dysphoria and transition for a trans man. Baldwin brings up a point I hadn’t considered, but that rings true in my experience: trans men are not talked about nearly as often as trans women. When I consider my experiences with media and books, that falls in line. I’ve read Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness, I’ve seen…

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School for Psychics ~ K.C. Archer

School for Psychics ~ K.C. Archer

Rating: 2/5

Teddy is a bumbling twenty-something looking for ways to fix her mess-ups. She’s dropped out of college, has a gambling problem, and epilepsy that seems unchecked to boot. She doesn’t know what to do with herself, and trying to win big one last time at a casino she’s already been kicked out of seems (to her) like the right thing to do to set herself on a good path, or at least one…

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On a Sunbeam ~ Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam ~ Tillie Walden

Rating: 5/5

Walden’s sophomore graphic novel blew me away. A nearly complete departure from her first graphic memoir, Spinning, On a Sunbeam is the story and reflection of Mia, a crew worker on board a spacecraft, cleaning up architectural messes intergalactically. This novel is a sweeping love story, filled with beautiful world-building, graphics, and characters.

Mia spends a good chunk…

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