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Review: Place of Cool Water - Ndirangu Githaiga
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Bon Esprit Books, August 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars “I see you’re one of those people who feel they...
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Review: Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Genre: Speculative horror Published: Zando Projects, March 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "He wasn’t Monstrilio anymore, but he wasn’t...
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Review: Catfish Rolling - Clara Kumagai
Genre: Magical Realism, Science fiction, Grief Published: Zephyr, March 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars, potential new favourite "In the zone,...
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Review: Violets - Kyung-Sook Shin
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Feminist Press 2022, First published January 2001 My Rating: 5/5 stars “This desire grew slowly,...
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Review: Flights - Olga Tokarczuk
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Riverhead Books 2018, originally pubished as Bieguni in 2007. My Rating: DNF “Move. Get going. Blessed...
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Review: Ghost Music - An Yu
Genre: literary fiction Published: Harvill Secker (EU) & Grove Press (USA), November 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Loss came in all shapes...
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Review: The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on - Franny Choi
Genre: Poetry Published: Ecco Press, November 2022 My rating: 3.5/5 stars "By the time the apocalypse began, the world had already...
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Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Genre: magical realism, literary fiction Published: Picador Press, September 2019, (first published December 2015 in the original...
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Review: Kaikeyi - Vaishnavi Patel
Genre: Fantasy, Retelling Published: Redbook/Orbit, April 2022 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “I was born on the full moon under an auspicious...
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Review: Daughters of the New Year - E.M. Tran
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Hanover Square Press, October 2022 My Rating: 3/5 stars Daughters of the New Year is the own-voices...
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Review: Seven Empty Houses - Samanta Schweblin
Genre: Short Story Collection, Literary Horror Published: One World Publications (US) & Riverhead Books (UK), October 2022, originally...
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Review: Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng
Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopian Published: Little Brown UK, October 2022 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars "I'll tell you. But only if you...
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Review: Elena Knows - Claudia Piñeiro
Genre: literary fiction Published: Charco Press, July 2021 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Is she still a mother now that she doesn't have a...
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Review: The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings
Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopian Published: Pan MacMillan, August 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This is the story of the witch who...
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Review: Venomous Lumpsucker - Ned Beauman
Genre: Speculative fiction Published: Hodder & Stoughton/Sceptre, July 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This novel is set in the near future....
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Review: The Singer's Gun - Emily St. John Mandel
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Picador Press, April 2015, originally published May 2010 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Nothing is over yet,...
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Review: The Seawomen - Chloe Timms
Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars If Kirsty Logan is going to...
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Review: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies - Maddie Mortimer
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Picador Press (UK) & Scribner (US), June 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Thyme is to chili, parsley,...
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Review: Sea of Tranquillity - Emily St. John Mandel
Genre: Literary Fiction, Sci-fi. Published: Picador Press/Pan MacMillan, April 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars “It’s shocking to wake up in one...
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Review: The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah
Genre: Contemporary Fiction Published: Lake Union Publishing, March 2022 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars Glendy Vanderah is an author I’ve been...
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