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December 2, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books

2023 in Book Reviews: Motherthing, Cleopatra and Frankenstein, The List & New Animal

Today’s book review roundup is an eclectic mix of love, grief, chaos and just downright disaster. It includes; Ainslie Hogarth’s Motherthing, Coco Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Yomi Adegoke’s The List…

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October 28, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books, Featured

Book Review: Rouge by Mona Awad

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in…

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September 4, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books

2023 in Book Reviews: Project Hail Mary, The Silent Bride, Heartless & The Call

Today, I’m bringing you tales of space exploration, Wonderland and… marriage and murder? Not all in one book, obviously. Although, that does sound like it would either be a Booker-winning…

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September 3, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books, Featured

2023 in Book Reviews: The Housemaid & Before the Coffee Gets Cold Tales From the Cafe

Today’s review is a double – I’ll be reviewing Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid and Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café, which were both super fun…

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August 28, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books

2023 in Book Reviews: Bliss Montage, Klara and the Sun & Prince Harry’s Spare

Quite the interesting combination in today’s book review post as I dive into my thoughts and feelings on Ling Ma’s short story collection Bliss Montage, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the…

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August 24, 2023 · In: Book Review, Books

2023 in Book Reviews: Wilderness, The Family Game, If We Were Villains & The Villa

Long time no speak! 👋🏼 Life has been a whirlwind with a lot of work and travel. While I’ve not been as chronically online as previous years, you’ll be pleased…

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July 19, 2022 · In: Book Review, Books

Book Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold

What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for…

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July 10, 2022 · In: Book Review, Books

Book Review: Careering by Daisy Buchanan

careering (verb) 1. working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely 2. knowing that a little of your soul is inextricably tied to the work…

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July 3, 2022 · In: Book Review, Books

Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in…

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