Ginny Moon - Benjamin Ludwig
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Drama
Rating: 8/10
This sweet, lovely novel is not always easy to read as Ginny’s distress at an often-confounding world for her, with adults that she can’t make sense of, is palpable.
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Unwanted Guest - Shari Lapena
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Mystery
Rating: 8/10
This is one of those books that is complete and utter brain candy. Swift and fun to read and no storage space required in your gray matter.
Read MoreThe Marsh Kings Daughter - Karen Dionne
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Drama/Thriller
Rating: 7/10
What lingers here are the degrees of evil, if it’s all you know are you to be blamed for accepting it as the norm? For embracing it as a kind of love?
Read MoreA Spark Of Light - Jodi Picoult
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Drama
Rating: 7.5/10
“Revenge, in theory, throbbed with adrenaline and was clean with conviction. In reality, it was rushing into a house on fire, and forgetting to map out your exit.”
Read MoreMixtape
/Press Play…
To pop a mixtape into a player is to be transported to another time and place. Each song can usher you from extraordinary love to unbearable grief in a span of four minutes or less. In my high school days, my biggest dream was that a boy I liked would give me a mixtape.
Read MoreThe Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeny
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Drama (Family)
Rating: 7/10
Or as I like to think of it, dysfunction junction! The characters are flawed, crazed, neurotic and heroic.
Read MoreDark Matter - Blake Crouch
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Thriller/Sci-Fi
Rating: 7.5/10
Mind bending fun! Like being super stoned and highly functional at the same time.
Read MoreTattooist Of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
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Drama
Rating: 8/10
Most of us never have to consider what if we found our soulmate in a place with no soul. To have to snatch moments of love while ash falls from the sky.
Read More101 Simple Truths For A Better Life - Humble The Poet
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Self Help (ish)
Rating: 7/10
The antithesis of a self-help book, it breezes through many of life’s bigger issues with a spectacular lack of depth.
Read MoreDead Sleep - Greg Iles
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Mystery/Drama
Rating: 7.5/10
This story is not a simple one but is an intricate tale of families, childhood ghosts, abuse, evil, madness, art and beauty.
Read MorePage Fright
/For The Grimm Reader…
It’s expected that at some point we are supposed to stop believing in the monsters that populate these stories. I would argue that to do so puts at risk our belief in the counterpoint.
Read MoreThe Dinner List -Rebecca Serle
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Drama
Rating: 8/10
We have all engaged, at one time or another, in that getting to know you question; if you could have dinner with any five people, dead or alive, who would you choose?
Read MoreEnglish As A Second F*cking Language - Sterling Johnson
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Language (Foul)
Rating: 9/10
The book establishes from the get-go that fuck is the mother of all swear words. Given the nature of the subject matter we must conclude that the pun here was fully intended.
Read MoreHer Every Fear - Peter Swanson
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Mystery
Rating: 7/10
I would never deny that mysteries and thrillers are my favourite kinds of books to read, so it’s always with unexpected delight that I stumble into one with a unique hook or spin.
Read MoreBookshop Of Yesterdays - Amy Meyerson
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Drama/Mystery
Rating: 8/10
This is a place where the staff knows what book you need as if it was a remedy for an ailment that might be plaguing you.
Read MoreMorningstar - Pierce Brown
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Sci-Fi/Adventure
Rating: 8.5/10
A multitude of virtues and sins are explored to varying depths here, all leading to an often-accepted truth. Nothing is black or white, nor good or evil.
Read MoreBehind Closed Doors - B.A. Paris
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Thriller/Mystery
Rating: 7/10
The story follows a seemingly perfect couple as they present themselves to the world one way, and are of course completely different…wait for it…behind closed doors.
Read MoreDark Hollow - John Connolly
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Mystery
Rating: 8/10
Put simply, Connolly is a poet at heart. His writing is both musical and lyrical.
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time...
/The Teaser Trailer Of The Book World
There needs to be an invitation, a hand extended to join the dance, a plunge into the deep end of the pool, a ticket to ride, a peak behind the curtain, the suave pick-up line from the hot guy, a door opener, a table setter.
Read MoreRobin - David Itzkoff
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Biography
Rating: 8/10
The world is full of douche bags. Who among us hasn’t found themselves living the refrain from the classic Stealers Wheel song.
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