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304 reviews

Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Body Snatcher by A.L. Whyte

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

Very rarely do I shed tears when reading books, but this one made me do it.

This was a beautifully written story, broken into four smaller stories about love, loss, friendship, family, and everything in between.

This takes place in a café in Japan that’s off the beaten path, and you can visit the past before your coffee gets cold.

#CrimeTime by Jeneva Rose

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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

Mooncakes Collector's Edition by Suzanne Walker

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

The Clinic by Cate Quinn

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book! Ugh! I am rating this 3.5 stars, it held my attention as far as the plot goes but the characters! What busy bodies, sticking their noses in places they don’t belong! (Pun intended, and I understand this was this point). 

Really though this was a fun a read, but the characters drove me nuts. 

Eva Kaminsky also did a great job narrating.

Thank you RB Media for allowing me to listen in exchange for my honest review. 

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A good mystery/thriller. I kept thinking I had it figured out then would second guess myself! A recommended read!

Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0