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I was so excited to read this book after hearing about it on social media. I’m really interested in graveyards and burial spaces. I don’t care if that sounds weird because it’s actually not. We are all going to die and it’s something we need to face and think about.
Author: Lucy
“Monogamy” by Sue Miller
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I’ve been sitting on this review for a few weeks as I wanted to think a bit more about whether I actually liked this book so I’m going to break it down simply.
“Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Thanks to Quercus Books and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I adored Gods of Jade and Shadow, so I was looking forward to reading this book. This book is touted as a “feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy” which sounded like it would be a great book to lose myself in and give myself some fun heebie-jeebies.
“Here is the Beehive” by Sarah Crossan
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Usually, before I write up my review I have noted down my thoughts and rating and have a quick eyeball of other reviews to see if anyone else is on the same page. Having seen a huge list of 5-star reviews and nothing else I think it is safe to say I may have missed something here.
“Cinderella is Dead” by Kalynn Bayron
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Warning – mild spoilers in review.
“Girls Made of Snow and Glass” by Melissa Bashardoust
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Sometimes writers try so hard to do something different with their riffs on existing stories that they become achingly obvious and contrived. That was ultimately the feeling I was left with after reading this book.
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“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
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What if you could change the past? Take all those nasty regrets and make a different choice? Nora, the main character of this novel is given that chance to remake some of her past decisions.
“Camelot” by Giles Kristian
Thanks to Pushkin Press and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
It’s tough to review a book when essentially my review is “I liked it ok but it’s not nearly as good as the first book”.
“A Woman” by Sibilla Aleramo
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Hmmm…how does one summarise a book such as this? I guess by saying it is VERY Italian. The book is an autobiographical account of the life of the Italian writer Sibilla Aleramo and follows the early part of her life and career at the beginning of the 20th century. Continue reading ““A Woman” by Sibilla Aleramo”
“Stranger in the Shogun’s City” by Amy Stanley
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Anyone who reads and researches a lot about Japan knows that there isn’t much tangible social history about those outwith the nobility. This book seeks to shine some light onto a life of an “ordinary” Japanese woman coming of age in the early 19th century. This was a time of huge political and social change in Japan and it was still largely closed off from the wider world and the social and cultural influences of the time. I say “ordinary” because Tsuneno was still rather privileged by the standards of the time, at the beginning of her life at least.
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