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“Stronger, Faster and More Beautiful” by Arwen Elys Dayton
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I was approved for this ages after the publication date, so please don’t think I was being super flaky with this review.
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“Manchester Happened” by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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I’m not usually a huge reader of short stories but this sounded interesting. A collection of Own Voices short stories from the perspective of Ugandan migrants? Yup, sounds great. The glowing praise the author has received piqued my interest too.
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“Stronger than a Bronze Dragon” by Mary Fan
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This sounded like a really cool concept. Steampunk fantasy mixed with Qing dynasty China? Yeah that sounds pretty awesome. It started well too, I was instantly drawn into Anlei’s battle to protect her village and then…
..the Exposition Hammer came crashing down.
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“10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World” by Elif Shafak
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This is a book of two parts. In Part 1, Tequila Leila, a Turkish prostitute has been murdered and thrown into a dumpster. It takes 10 minutes and 38 seconds for the last remnants of her consciousness to fade away. In this short amount of time, she reflects upon her time on this earth and those she shared her life with.
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“Stepsister” by Jennifer Donnelly
Thanks to Hot Key Books and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book has been getting some really rave reviews so I was more than ready to hop right onto that hype train. The story has an interesting premise, it’s a sequel to Cinderella that follows the ‘ugly’ stepsisters after the events of the original story.
“Meat Market” by Juno Dawson
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I really like Juno Dawson’s writing and she’s really popular with some of my students so I was keen to see if this was another book I could recommend to them.
