Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review | All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
More than just the framing of anguish and trauma, All My Rage is also a story of promise, of channelling rage and injustice into overcoming adversity and this made the story so appealing, as we want to see these characters flourish and surmount difficult obstacles.
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Book Review | Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Detransition, Baby was a transgressive and irresistible read, unafraid to push boundaries, to be distinctively unconventional and to hope for more.
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Book Review | Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Disorientation reads like a tongue-in-cheek satire novel, but behind the sardonic façade exists a complex web of meaningful commentary. Think Don’t Look Up but in a literary setting with much more Asian American representation and a less dire ending.
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The Modern Craft: Powerful Voices on Witchcraft Ethics, Edited by Claire Askew and Alice Tarbuck
These essays are spiritually-minded, elusive, yet radical, political and empirical.
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BLOG TOUR: Memorial by Bryan Washington
Set in Houston, Texas, Washington’s second novel is a stirring, profound expression of complex relationships and enduring love. Benson and Mike are a queer, interracial couple that get separated when Mike decides to travel to Japan to be with his dying father at the same time that Mike’s mother, Mitsuko arrives in Houston to visit…
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Book Review! BLACK JOY – An Essay Collection
From essays about revolutionising the way we perceive masculinity to Carnival to Caribbean food to creating spaces for Black people to enjoy cultural expression … these essays discuss how Black Joy can either be a deeply personal or collective experience.
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Did I guess correctly? Looking back at my FIVE 5-Star Predictions
In today’s post, I’ll be discussing my thoughts on the FIVE books I predicted would be 5-Star reads back in April, earlier this year. I will be answering the question; Were these books as life-changing as monumental as I had initially hoped?
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Blog Tour Review! Self-Contained: Scenes From A Single Life by Emma John
From stories about university life, workplace dissatisfaction, family, online dating and holiday-making, John takes us on a journey through the events in her life that have led to her eventual singledom.
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A Coffeeholic does the Coffee Book Tag!
My mornings usually begin with freshly ground European black coffee with a hint of almond milk. As convoluted as that sounds, its actually delicious! Truth be told, I’ve been trying to move away from having coffee first thing in the morning of late, in favour of water or herbal tea. But despite my attempts at…
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Bookish Podcasts Worth Listening To
Nothing complements the monotony of a repetitive task like listening to an audiobook. Right? I agree, but lately I’ve also found that listening to Bookish podcasts can be just as conducive to getting all those boringly tedious tasks out of the way
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