Book Review: I Wonder
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These prompts encourage philosophers young and old to ponder life’s mysteries, and embrace the idea that not every question has an answer.
Book Review: Madness
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These tales are reminiscent of Dahl’s whimsical storytelling, making them a captivating read for anyone looking to dive back into literature.
Bonus Reading: Hine Toa
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Book Review: Where Sleeping Girls Lie
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A fantastic example of dark academia done well, Àbíké-Íyímídé’s writing lent this book the perfect amount of atmospheric pull and suspense.
Book Review: The Ministry Of Time
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The story is full of clever twists. It’s a very sophisticated debut, and I’m hungry to read whatever she writes next.
Book Review: Haikyu!!
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If you want a series that you can commit to, this is the perfect one. It’s funny, emotional and intense, all at the same time.
Book Review: Anarchist Communism
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This title was first published over a century ago, yet its thesis of a collective democratic future still holds a great deal of relevance.
Book Review: The Ministry of Time
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If you like genre mixing, strangely wholesome narratives, and a deeply human story, The Ministry of Time is for you.
Book Review: Notes From A Dead House
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Descriptions of the Siberian landscape and the life of the inmates at work and at ‘home’ are thoroughly engaging.
Bonus Reading: In Ascension
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Book Review: Mapmakers and the Flickering Fortress
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This is such a wonderful and heartfelt declaration of love for our natural world and a warm plea to work together to protect it.
Book Review: Sunburn
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I felt all the pain of being trapped in a place where you don’t feel accepted, of wanting to be something else for everybody else…
Book Review: In Memoriam
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This novel is an ode to queer love, a gripping war story, a treatise on the necessity of poetry and language for the human spirit.
Book Review: In the Half Light of a Dying Day: Catullus, 2023
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Though long dead, Catullus is an accessible poet for the modern reader because he wrote candidly about love, jealousy, hate and politics.
Book Review: In The Ring
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In The Ring is an uplifting novel about a bisexual girl with anxiety who starts boxing to cope. This book made me sign up for a boxing class!
Book Review: Counterfutures
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This journal always pulls me out of a scholarly reading rut and reinvigorates ideas of postcolonial leftist theory with creativity.
Book Review: Unfortunately Yours
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This is a great pick-me-up for anyone in need of an easy romance with amazing character development and a light-hearted love story.
Book Review: Society of the Snow
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I see this book not only as a tale of endurance, but a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of solidarity.
Book Review: Crookhaven: The Island Heist
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Another jam-packed adventure story in the Crookhaven series that will leave you desperate to read what comes next!
Book Review: The Ministry of Time
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Thought-provoking, unusual, clever and huge fun, I can say with certainty that this will be in my top 5 books of the year, if not number 1!