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⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection. Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump …
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A week or so ago I posted a blog all about my experience at 66 Book Club (remember… the warehouse full of books all 70% off?!) Today I wanted to show you all the books I purchased… cos I got 14! The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton I’d seen this one all over the blogosphere and …
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⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence, while Niles is kind and eager to please, the sort of boy who makes parents proud. The Perrys live in …
Last Sunday I went to the most magnificent book "shop" of all time and I want to share the beauty of it all with you. It's unlike anything I've (and probably you've) ever experienced and it was A M A Z I N G. What I'm talking about is a well-kept secret, only known to …
One so many occasions (especially when I'm not enjoying the book I'm currently reading) I think back on all my favourite reads and just wish I could go back read them for the first time again and experience that immense true love book feeling all over again. So that's what I'm going to talk about …
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Synopsis: Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to head-on collision with America's greatest dream—and its worst nightmare—American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognise but do not wish to confront. Review: This was …
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Books I've read this month Books read: 2 Pages read: 562 Female authors: 2 Male authors: 0 ⭐⭐⭐ My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir ~ Other books I've reviewed this month None! It's been a real lazy blogging month from me... sorry! ~ Favourite book of the …
