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"When a shapeshifter has the Sickness, it means that one of two things is about to happen. On one hand, it could mean you're about to develop some sort of special power. Something big. Something rare. "[Or] you lose the ability to change shapes. Forever." Hannah Sterling can change into a bird. Or at least, … Continue reading Book Review: Murmur by Emily Israd
"The half-life of love is forever." On a beach in the Dominican Republic, a doomed relationship flounders. In the heat of a hospital laundry room in New Jersey, a woman does her lover’s washing and thinks about his wife. In Boston, a man buys his love child, his only son, a first baseball bat and … Continue reading Book Review: This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
"Many things are hidden on the bodies covered by oppression." In Saudi Arabia, where women’s bodies are deemed the inferior possessions of men, where female sexuality is regulated for the continuation of a sexist regime, an erotic and formidable woman arises from the ashes of patriarchal horror. Trapped and suspected of treachery, Mazahl seeks to … Continue reading Book Review: Mazahl’s Ascent by S.V. Atla
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life." ~ Fernando Pessoa I was tagged by some of my favorite bookstagrammers/bloggers: @levicorpvs_ of Levicorpvs Blog and @thecatwithabook of The Cat With a Book Blog to do the Three Bookish Things Tag. Let's begin! THREE READ ONCE AND LOVED AUTHORS1. Ruth Ozeki - Her book A … Continue reading Three Bookish Things Tag
"In the midst of life, we are in death." First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked … Continue reading Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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