Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Things I love in a novel

Growth 

Human resilience 

Circuses 

Bookshops 

Ballet 

Established relationships 

Loving, supportive marriages 

Fidelity 

Families 

Southern charm 

Cozy winters 

Letters 

Text messages 

Old diaries 

Secrets from the past 

WWII 

The civil rights movement 

A connection with the characters that leaves me tearing up and smiling for them 

Clean and wholesome but not cheesy 

Healing 

Alaska 

Multiple perspectives 

A mystery I can't immediately solve 

An underlying thread of hope 

Apocalypse 

Dystopia 

Foster care/ adoption 

Natural disasters 

Overcoming 

Siblings who are kind to each other 

Autumn 

Deadly viruses 

Writers 

Firefighting 

Multiple ages 

Drama 

Internal struggle (which the protagonist ultimately wins)

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