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Month: September 2024

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 29, 2024

I can’t believe I hadn’t read this one before! It’s a surreal and though-provoking gem. I really enjoyed this book and the premise: one woman’s journey to her own kind…

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 24, 2024

This has become a book I recommend on a regular basis! An important piece of investigative journalism led to this book that intersects topics such as race, medical ethics, gynaecology,…

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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 14, 2024

Devastating in the best possible way. I don’t know if that’s a real thing, but that is how the book felt to me. Exquisite and painful. Such unbelievable human and…

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Hera by Jennifer Saint
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Hera by Jennifer Saint

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 11, 2024

Catching up with my holiday reading reviews! Jennifer Saint is another author I’ve followed for awhile, reading her Ariadne, Atalanta, and Elektra books in this same “series” of revisionist books…

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Death Valley by Melissa Broder
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Death Valley by Melissa Broder

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 8, 2024

I’m a fan of Broder’s writing and have hoovered up her novels as they come out, and this one was no different. It’s a simple premise sprinkled with some funky…

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Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
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Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • September 2, 2024

Another Hercule Poirot mystery from the Queen of crime! This one wasn’t as good as Sad Cypress that I have just recently read, but it’s still pretty good. The premise…

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