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Avid reader of books both lofty and pedestrian… but mostly somewhere in the middle. Love hearing what others think about what they’re reading and responding in kind. Fave genres include contemporary fiction, mysteries (mostly series), some sci fi, some fantasy, some romance. Also, @PlatinumWarlock@mindly.social
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Lavinia rated Felix Ever After: 4 stars
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity …
Lavinia rated Get a Life, Chloe Brown: 5 stars
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, …
Lavinia rated Moon of the Crusted Snow: 4 stars
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. …
Lavinia rated How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: 3 stars
Lavinia rated We Want to Do More Than Survive: 5 stars
Lavinia rated You Should See Me in a Crown: 4 stars
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern …
Lavinia rated In the Dream House: 5 stars
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a …
Lavinia rated Disoriental: 5 stars
Négar Djavadi: Disoriental (2018)
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi
"Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her …
Lavinia rated Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants: 4 stars
Scott Kloos: Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants (2017, Timber Press, Incorporated)
Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants by Scott Kloos
"With its wealth of botanical diversity, the Pacific Northwest provides an abundance of healing herbs accessible to all. Whether you …
Lavinia rated Shatter me: 4 stars
Shatter me by Tahereh Mafi
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in …
Lavinia rated Charity And Sylvia A Samesex Marriage In Early America: 4 stars
Charity And Sylvia A Samesex Marriage In Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves
Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of an overtly modern lifestyle that …
Lavinia rated The Book of Salt: 3 stars
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Binh, a Vietnamese cook, flees Saigon in 1929, disgracing his family to serve as a galley hand at sea. The …
Lavinia rated If you could be mine: 3 stars
If you could be mine by Sara Farizan
Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They've shared stolen kisses and …