Category: BOOK REVIEWS
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63th read: The Garden (Into Shadow Collection #1)
I picked up this collection since Lev Grossman (one of my favourites authors as a teenager) wrote one of the short stories in it, but I’m happy to discover some great new authors in the process. Each story is unrelated to the previous one, so you can start anywhere. TITLE: The Garden AUTHOR: Tomi Champion-Adeyemi…
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62th read: The Bookstore Sisters
TITLE: The Bookstore Sisters AUTHOR: Alice Hoffman Released: 2022 Format: Kindle Pages: 36 Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Contemporary, Family SYNOPSIS Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but…
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61th read: Eye of the Storm (Bone #3)
You might want to read my reviews for Out From Boneville & The Great Cow Race first! (Bone #1 & #2) TITLE: Eye of the Storm AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Released: 1994 Format: Paperback Pages: 174 Genres: Reread, Comic, Humour, Fantasy, Adventure SYNOPSIS In “Eyes of the Storm,” book three in the epic BONE series, Gran’ma…
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60th read: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
This book reminds me of Clue (that old murder mystery board game). I like that. TITLE: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle AUTHOR: Stuart Turton Released: 2018 Format: Audiobook Pages: 458 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Time Loop SYNOPSIS Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her…
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59th read: The Great Cow Race (Bone #2)
You might want to read my review for Out From Boneville first! TITLE: The Great Cow Race AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Released: 1993 Format: Paperback Pages: 132 Genres: Reread, Comic, Childrens, Adventure, Fantasy SYNOPSIS The cornerstone of GRAPHIX, our new graphic novel imprint, BONE is the incredible comic book saga of an unlikely hero who must…
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58th read: Out From Boneville (Bone #1)
Did the prequel convince me to buy every Bone book in colour? Yes. Did I already own a black & white copy of the complete series? Also yes. Do I regret my decision? Absolutely not. My partner (who hates reading) LOVES these books. I’ve only read these books once, as a young child. I borrowed…
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57th read: Blacksad #1-3
Sometimes books seem like shiny gems and I bring them home to hoard like treasures, before seeing how dull they seem under the light of my lair. I’ll think of a friend who would like this one better. It’s destined for someone else. TITLE: Blacksad AUTHOR: Juan Díaz Canales Released: 2006 Format: Hardcover Pages: 184…
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56th read: M Butterfly
This is my third reread of 2023. TITLE: M Butterly AUTHOR: David Henry Hwang Released: 1988 Format: Paperback Pages: 93 Genres: Reread, Theatre, Queer, Racism, Romance SYNOPSIS Based on a true story that stunned the world, and inspired by Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly, M. Butterfly was an immediate sensation when it premiered in 1988.…
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55th read: 20th Century Boys Vol. 1
I read this one as a teenager and fell in love. Waiting a decade to read the story elevated the experience, somehow. I felt connected to Kenji, who also struggled to remember moments from his childhood relevant to the story. TITLE: 20th Century Boys Vol.1 AUTHOR: Naoki Urasawa Released: 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 424 Genres:…
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MARCH WRAP (2023)
Another month filled with gems. Books Read Misc. Stats I finished 19 books in March (1 book every 1.63 days) 3 of the books were in French, 16 were in English. It was (roughly) 3591 pages long (avg. per day = 115 pages) (avg. book length = 189 pages). 13/19 books received 5/5 stars (68%)…
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