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‘Lute’ Americans becoming European aristocrats is not a new trope; it’s been done throughout literature in a number of different ways. In this lovely, spooky, beautifully written debut, that common [...]
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Posted August 31, 2022in Book Review
Posted August 03, 2022in Book Review
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‘Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution’ R. F. Kuang’s Poppy War Trilogy lives rent-free in my head years after I read it, so [...]
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Posted July 06, 2022in Book Review
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‘Ordinary Monsters’ This one is a beauty of melancholy and the painful parts of humanity. It is atmospheric and seething with tension and grit with just enough heart to claw [...]
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Posted June 01, 2022in Book Review
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‘How High We Go in the Dark’ Stories and people connected in surprising ways; the myths we tell ourselves even when reality is breathing down our necks; the absolute power [...]
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Posted May 04, 2022in Book Review
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‘Four Treasures of the Sky’ I just can’t get enough magical realism these days. Lucky for me, there’s a bit of a renaissance happening, and I get to indulge my [...]
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Posted April 06, 2022in Book Review
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‘When We Were Birds’ I can write this review in one sentence: This might be the perfect magical realism novel; go read it. Yejide has a complicated relationship with her [...]
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Posted March 02, 2022in Book Review
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‘Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas’ Anthropology is not always an accessible topic for general reading. It’s often dense, and despite its subject being humanity, it can seem cold [...]
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Posted February 02, 2022in Book Review
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‘Last Night at the Telegraph Club’ I’m such a sucker for well-written, historical novels that don’t feel like historical fiction. Melinda Lo is known for her darkly beautiful stories, and [...]
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Posted January 05, 2022in Book Review
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‘Iron Widow’ The wide world of fantasy novels has so much more diversity these days, and I, for one, cannot be more excited about it. “Iron Widow” is just such [...]
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Posted December 01, 2021in Book Review
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‘Even Greater Mistakes: Stories by Charlie Jane Anders’ When life is busy, and my attention span is short, I turn to short stories to fill in the gaps of my [...]
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