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Books in Pairs: Novella-edition

2024 was the year where I fully embraced my novella-era, learning to appreciate the art and power of shorter books instead of only the...

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2025 Releases: July - September

July Releases The Bewitching - Silvia Moreno Garcia Synopsis: Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this...

Q3 Wrap-up 2024: the highlights of summer.

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Q3 Wrap-up 2024: the highlights of summer.

I vividly remember my final read of Q2, as I rushed to push it into my mid-year-wrap up as one of my favourites only a day after...

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Anticipated Releases July-December 2024

The first half of 2024 brought some absolute gems, but the second has potential to be just as great when it comes to new releases. Here...

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Mid-Year Check-in 2024

With July almost upon us, we’ve reached the mid-year point, which means it’s time for my Mid-year check-in. What once started as a...

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Magical Realism Favourites

For quite some time, magical realism was my most read genre, so there wasn’t a lack of titles to choose from when it came to selecting my...

Books in Pairs: Pairing up my 2024-reads

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Books in Pairs: Pairing up my 2024-reads

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so it was high time I did some catching up. You’re likely familiar with the format: “if...

Middle-Grade and YA Favourites (Updated 2024)

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Middle-Grade and YA Favourites (Updated 2024)

It’s no secret that I’m an avid lover of children’s books, even as an adult, and I truly believe that reading together with your kids can...

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Middle-Grade and YA Favourites (Updated 2024)

Young Adult (ages 14-19 approximately) We Are Okay – Nina Lacour See also: Watch Over Me by the same author Genre: contemporary, LGBTQ+,...

Science Fiction Favourites (Updated 2024)

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Science Fiction Favourites (Updated 2024)

I find it difficult to name a single particular genre to be my "favourite" above the rest, but if you forced my hand, I think I might go...

Q1 Wrap-up 2024: the highlights out of 37 books read

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Q1 Wrap-up 2024: the highlights out of 37 books read

The first three months of 2024 are already behind us, and I’m happy to report that I’ve had an incredible time reading-wise. In fact,...

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Review: Fervor - Toby Lloyd

Genre: Literary, Contemporary Fiction Published: Avid Readers Press, March 2024 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “We have arrived at a paradox. To...

Favourite Poetry & Short Story Collections

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Favourite Poetry & Short Story Collections

Poetry 1. Ariel – Sylvia Plath The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy',...

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Literary Favourites (Updated 2024)

For this all-time-favourite series, I’ve made an attempt to narrow each genre-list down to a top 10, and have managed to do so for the...

Year In Review: Most Anticipated Releases of 2024

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Year In Review: Most Anticipated Releases of 2024

If my “one-on-one-off” pattern of previous years holds true, it’s 2024’s turn to be a fantastic reading-year. With some of these...

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Year in Review: Favourite Books of 2023

Compiling my favourites list was a bit of a different experience compared to the past few years. Where the struggle was often in...

Year in Review: Most Underrated books of 2023

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Year in Review: Most Underrated books of 2023

With only 10 spots on my favourites-list each year, there are bound to be more that deserve a shout-out. None more so than the books that...

Year In Review: Most Surprising Books of 2023

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Year In Review: Most Surprising Books of 2023

It’s become one of my most treasured bookish traditions by now: my fiveparter Year In Review series. Not only do I love putting these...

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Sci-fi Favourites

In which I talk about 30-ish of my favourite science-fiction novels, organized by trope and subgenre. Time Travel & Alternate...

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Horror Favourites

Up until about 5 or 6 years ago, horror was a genre I actively avoided. Having my only exposure to it as a child/young teen being the...

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