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The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh ⠀ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was more of a literary cult novel than a feminist dystopia (as it was marketed as), but that suited me just fine! The writing in this one is really beautiful, without it being too wishy-washy like some literary fiction can be. It was easy to understand …
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SynopsisAn insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them.For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free—free to track down and destroy the man who had put him …
Despite the fact I actually read a few books over the past couple of months, I forgot to do my wrap-ups! So here I am, merging the two! Books I read in April A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mini-review: Levin never fails to wow me with his imagination! I read this in …
Synopsis: We don’t get visitors. Not out here. We never have. Junior and Hen are a quiet married couple. They live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with surprising news: Junior has been randomly …
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Synopsis: The rules are simple. But the game is not. At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as …
I actually read enough this month to warrant doing a little wrap-up! Books I read in March Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Mini-review: This book was something a little different to my usual reads, however, I'm thinking maybe I should stick to what I know I love as this one didn't really do …
Synopsis Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying …
Hello all! I didn’t manage to get anything read in February so I’m skipping on the monthly wrap up. I did, however, purchase a few books so I thought I’d do a little haul to show you what I picked up. As you can guess by the title of this blog, the books I picked …
Since coming back to my blog after my unannounced hiatus at the end of last year, I've decided to change up my monthly wrap-ups a little bit. I want it to be a looser format than it was before, with one section for books and another section for pretty much anything else. Books I read …
Synopsis: Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Review: I first heard about this book back when …
