Tag: literary
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Book Review: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
At this point in my reading life, I’m no longer shocked when I don’t fall head over heels in love with a book that the majority raves about. While I did enjoy All the Light We Cannot See, that enjoyment only came well into the second half of the book…
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ARC Review: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Full disclosure, I have no knowledge of the real-life aspects of this story portrayed in this book. I think if it was something I was well-versed in I might have enjoyed it a bit more…
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Book Review: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
At first, I found the book painfully slow (and admittedly uninteresting). Though I can’t say it exactly picked up the pace, I got more invested…
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Book Review: Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
I’ve been struggling all day to come up with the right words to describe my thoughts about this book. I feel like I say books are ‘lovely’ or ‘beautiful’ or ‘touching’ too often. This book is beautiful. It’s also heartbreaking and inspiring rolled into one…
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Book Review: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
This is a book I’ve been meaning to read since high school. I think at one point I actually did start it but didn’t get through the first chapter…
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Book Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
A terrific blend of humor and humanity. The writing was witty and clever which I hadn’t expected and admittedly took some getting used to personally, but ultimately, I was won over…