7.2 The Swimming Pool Review: A Slow-Boiling British Drama
byI’ve been exploring a lot of new-to-me writers, with somewhat mixed results. I am really looking for good, contemporary British fiction in the light…
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8.4 Purple Hibiscus
byI picked up Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie because it’s part of my son’s school-assigned reading. He was having a little trouble with…
Exploring Affordable Book Platforms: Used Book Depot and Cheap Book Depot
byIntroduction Every reader knows the quiet joy of opening a new book. Yet many also know the frustration of walking into a bookstore or…
Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My Autumn 2025 Reading List
byTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with…
7.4 A Passage North
byI’ve been wanting to explore more Sri Lankan literature, especially books dealing with the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict, after my experience with The Seven Moons of…
8.4 From Hell
byFor the past couple of years, I have really been trying to get into the graphic novel genre. It’s not my comfort zone. I…
8.8 Shōgun
byOf late, I haven’t really read many chunksters. My sweet spot seems to be around 500 pages maximum. If I see anything longer, I…
7.8 The Gathering
byI personally think C.J. Tudor’s books are a tiny bit derivative and sometimes not fully thought through. There is always a great idea in…
8.9 Homegoing
byHomegoing was recommended to me some time last year when I was raving on Instagram stories about the History of Slavery podcast. Only, I…
8.2 The Tragedy of “In Cold Blood”: Crime, Consequence, Truth
byWhile I love watching true crime series/movies, I have never really been into true crime in books. In Cold Blood is possibly my very…