Category: book review
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Notes On Heartbreak By: Annie Lord: Finding Beauty Within The Brutality Of Love
Image Source: Unsplash- ŞULE MAKAROĞLU Break-ups are very rarely graceful, and writer Annie Lord knows this better than most. In her beautifully written memoir ‘Notes on Heartbreak’, the Vogue columnist turns her private life and the turbulent end to her relationship into a bittersweet romance story. The memoir discusses how a relationship doesn’t just end…
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Wanderer’s Journey: A Refugee’s Search For Home In The Beautiful Game By: Vedran Dedic
Image Credit: Unsplash- Priscilla Du Preez Image Source: Amazon Some books tell a story. Others hand you a life. Vedran Dedić’s Wanderer’s Journey: A Refugee’s Search for a Home in the Beautiful Game is one of the latter. Vedran writes with the rare authority of someone who has carried his story across continents. Born in…
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Still Beating By: Jennifer Hartmann
Image Credit: Unsplash- Atieh Parsaeian Image Credit: Pinterest- Eliana Diallo Still Beating is a dark romance that follows Cora on the night of her sister’s birthday party. That night, Cora loses her wallet and calls for help from an unlikely person, her future brother-in-law, Dean. Cora and Dean have never gotten along. Their relationship consists…
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Juniper Hill By: Devney Perry
Image Credit: Pexels: ROMAN ODINTSOV Image Credit: Pinterest “Juniper Hill” is where we left off with “Indigo Ridge.” However, in this story, we are greeted with a new character and love interests. Memphis Ward is a new mom who is experiencing the fifth worst day of her life. That’s right, she keeps track of her…
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The Vegetarian By: Han Kang
Image Credit: Unsplash- Slaapwijsheid.nl Image Credit: Pinterest Recently, I read “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang, which had been sitting on my shelf for a while. Going into it, I had no expectations. All I knew was that it was translated from Korean and would be a short read. “The Vegetarian” tells the story of Yeong-hye…
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The Mars House By: Natasha Pulley
Image Credit: Pexels- RDNE Stock project Image Credit: Goodreads Before we begin, I must admit that I have never been a big science fiction gal. The most science fiction thing I ever watched was Star Wars, and even though I took a science fiction class in college, I never sought out the genre when choosing…
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Indigo River By: Devney Perry
Image Source: Unsplash- Nguyen Thu Hoai Image Source: Pinterest- Melissa24 Devney Perry takes us into a cozy and mysterious world with her novel, “Indigo Ridge.” This story follows Winslow Covington, the new chief of police, in Quincy, Montana. Things are not starting easily for Winslow when she realizes that the town only sees her as…
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Jobs For Girls With Artistic Flair By June Gervais
Image sourced through Pinterest Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais is a novel with zeal and passion. I came across this title through book recommendations from the many newsletters I subscribe to for book lovers. Initially, I thought the title intriguing, but it was not my usual choice of reads. After reading…
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Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting”
Image sourced through Pinterest I recently took a holiday to the Philippines, one of my favorite spots in the whole world. I instantly knew that I wanted to bring an appropriate new novel in physical format to accompany me on my travel journey. I really wanted something unexpected and shocking. This book needed to fill…
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Archer’s Voice By Mia Sheridan
Image Sourced Through Pinterest This may be the best book I have ever read… no, correction, this is the best book I have ever read. The overall cozy and comforting feeling this book gives me is unmatched by any other book. Archer’s Voice is a contemporary romance novel. In this story, we follow Bree Prescott…