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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes

Softening: Poetry and notes on becoming who you already are

April Green

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Did not, to me, read at all like poetry. 
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Super charming book. Made me miss working at Barnes and Noble. Some of these snippets were super duper interesting and I would have listened to longer pieces about them. Others got a little repetitive. 
Probably would have been lovely as a read a chapter at a time/ listen to a chapter at a time but that’s not how I roll so I got a little tired listening. 
challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Listened to the audiobook. It’s brave to share how bad her depression got but as someone with my own depression journey it wasn’t a necessarily helpful listen. Sanchez narrated the audiobook which is always cool but man does she have a poets voice. For all the goods and bads that comes with 


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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Hard to listen to sometimes. But crucial and important. 
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

“I turned Callisto into a constellation when she was killed. Ursa Major. My big bear. 

Our love is so small now 
Barely a spark. 

I can’t see it at all now
Except in the dark” (58-59) 

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emotional 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: Yes

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