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The year 2020 was a tough one for everyone around the world, but surprisingly for me it was still a great year for reading and discovering new voices. In no particular order, I present to you my top 10 reads this year. This is a mix of new releases and backlists. I also chose to … Continue reading 2020 Top 10 Reads + Year-end Wrap-up
“If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and … Continue reading Pages Feature: “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“After you died I could not hold a funeral,And so my life became a funeral.”― Han Kang, Human Acts From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a … Continue reading Pages Feature: “Human Acts” by Han Kang
"Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés - to live happily, live hidden." Can any good come of longings that a person can never satisfy? If so, good for whom? Two corpses wash ashore in a picturesque Italian village, the violence that put them there is bound to a long held secret and two strangers living worlds … Continue reading Pages Review: “Of Magpies and Men” by Ode Ray (ARC)
"In magic, intentions matter." Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly. A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, … Continue reading Pages Review: “A Deadly Education” by Naomi Novik ARC + Journal Spread
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