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A book that made me lose sleep—literally. I just had to keep reading until my eyes gave up and I finally passed out. I’m a sucker for a good romance. Always have been. I’ve even made a habit of reading one every weekend. I love the vibes, the tropes, the early relationship struggles, the falling…
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Eve – A Novel by B. K. O’Connor There are books that entertain, and then there are books that completely take hold of you. Eve by B. K. O’Connor was firmly the latter for me. It stayed with me for days, lingering in my thoughts long after I’d put it down. This breathtaking retelling of…
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A Raw and Unsettling Portrait of a Mental Collapse A book that drains all your energy, plunging you straight into the mind of a troubled, unnamed woman.And yet, one you can’t put down. Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz is unsettling with a purpose. This novel does not tell the reader what psychological collapse feels…
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I can still see it clearly: a sunny day, the two of us standing at the gate of our home. You were waving at her, your eyes glassy, saying, “She did the best she could with what she had.” You never hid from me that your childhood wasn’t easy, especially your relationship with your mother.…
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The Hero of Ages delivers an incredible, emotional conclusion Do you know that feeling when you’re about to drink chocolate milk, but the top is watery and all the good stuff has settled at the bottom?That’s exactly how I feel about the Mistborn series. How it started At the end of last year, I decided…
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Dear S., I’m not going to ask how you are, because I know you’re doing well.And that certainty gives me peace. Things here are much the same, but at the same time everything is changing. Maybe you know the feeling: the paradoxical rhythm of life with kids, where routines repeat, but life shifts far too…
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A word.A grin.A pause.The realization that I said it wrong. The accent is always there, quietly reminding you that you’re not from here. That you have to spend a great deal of energy just to understand what’s happening around you, to communicate, to express yourself. That you must adapt.That you have changed, and are still…
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At the end of last year, I saw this book everywhere and heard many good things about it, so it piqued my curiosity and I added it to my TBR, though I didn’t really know what to expect. When I finally picked it up, I ended up with a book I couldn’t put down and…
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I’ve lived in the Netherlands for almost ten years now,but every once in a while, I still find myself in situationswhere I have no idea what to do. Today was one of those days. We were expecting heavy snowfall, and although the school where I work would remain open (but no lessons), they recommended that…