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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I have said before and will say again; I'm not a poetry person. But there are so many poets out there, surely there is one for me, right? So I keep trying. 

I really like and resonate with a lot of quotes from Plath's prose and journals that I've come across, so I thought MAYBE her poetry would strike a chord with me. It did not. It took me 5. Years. To read this entire book. But I ain't no quitter, so I stuck it out. Didn't enjoy it though, not for me. 
Conversations with Choreographers by Svetlana Grody

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informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

A really interesting look into the life and processes of career choreographers. It does get a little repetitive since each choreographer is asked the same questions and they're pretty much all the same type of choreographer (theatrical, ie Broadway.) I would love to see an updated version of this book with input from music video choreographers, ballet choreographers, dance teachers/competition coaches, etc, to get a broader perspective of how other branches of dance approach choreography. 
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

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sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Bambi by Felix Salten

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adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey

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informative slow-paced

3.0

"Here's an account of my time as an opium addict, and while I have you, also every single opinion or thought I've ever had about anything, ever."

If you can whittle your way through the sheer volume of unrelated tangents that are stuffed in here, it does have interesting moments and a dry , witty (bitchy) humor to it, but DANG it is dense as a brick to get through. I love classics and read them often, but this one took me a LONG time since it's comparatively short, and I could only do about 10 pages at a time before my brain just checked out of the experience. So I would not call this an engaging or approachable classic. 

3 Stars - Might recommend, would not reread.
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

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

3.0

Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Queste by Angie Sage

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0