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Russ Harris: Happiness Trap (2022, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated) No rating

Around page 238 he says something like "nothing is for certain, you could die tomorrow", and I thought, you're right, and there's other books I actually enjoy reading, so I stopped. Sorry to my therapist.

stopped reading The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

Aiden Thomas: The Sunbearer Trials (Hardcover, 2022, Feiwel & Friends)

“Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not …

This has some really fun background and a really interesting concept, but I think it's for a younger reader. Would highly recommend to queer, especially trans teens

Fredrik Backman: A Man Called Ove (2016)

A Man Called Ove (Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced [ɛn ˈmanː sɔm ˈhěːtɛr …

he changes, but doesn't reflect

Ove does grow and change, and there are nice parts about found family, but he never reflects on his rude and sometimes violent behavior. I mean he throws a hurt cat into a snowbank and it almost froze to death until someone else rescued it!