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Review: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
“This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves. We must rely...
hilary louise
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Review: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
"'Sometimes,’ she said, ‘at special moments like that, people feel a pain alongside their happiness." ★★★⋆ Klara and the Sun follows...
hilary louise
Apr 14, 20212 min read
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Review: Asking for a Friend by Andi Osho
"'You two looked good together,' said Jemima as she gripped the side of the rink. 'He looks like drama,' said Meagan before skating away....
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Mar 17, 20212 min read
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ARC review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
"Without our parents' stories about their childhoods in a clean Kosawa, their days spent swimming in rivers that ran clear, how would my...
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Mar 15, 20212 min read
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Review: Dear Child by Romy Haussman
“Happiness feels warm, almost like a slight fever; it has a smell and a heartbeat that goes like the second hand on the kitchen clock.”...
hilary louise
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
"First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not...
hilary louise
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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ARC Review: Kololo Hill by Neema Shah
"At least there were no soldiers out in their street tonight, waiting to catch latecomers. Social calls were squeezed into daylight hours...
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Feb 18, 20212 min read
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Review & More: The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
“In a refugee camp, stories are everything. Everyone has one, having just slipped out from the grip of a nightmare.” ✩✩✩✩ In The...
hilary louise
Dec 11, 20202 min read
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Review: These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
"She does not have to wait for a man to find himself or his courage" ✩✩✩✩ When working on the docks, Abel Paisley had an opportunity to...
hilary louise
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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ARC Review: Anti Racist Ally by Sophie Williams
"Death, sex, money, politics - all of these topics are impacted by race, and so they are also areas that we need to get comfortable...
hilary louise
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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Review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
"Sometimes it's hard being a girl, and it's hard being black. Being both is like carrying a double load, but you're not supposed to...
hilary louise
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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One Sentence Book Round Up
If you follow me on Instagram, you might be aware that, this September, I took part in the #Read22forRefugees challenge hosted by...
hilary louise
Sep 30, 20203 min read
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Review: The Dr. Alexander Gregory series by L.J. Ross
I'd like to start this post with a preface - L.J. Ross is one of my favourite murder mystery writers. She has a way of writing plots that...
hilary louise
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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ARC Review: Total Blackout by Alex Shaw
"You want to look like a normal person, act like a normal person" ✩✩✩ Total Blackout follows SIS British agent Jack Tate as he holidays...
hilary louise
Sep 23, 20202 min read
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ARC Review: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
"It is such a privilege, you know? To get to be yourself, all of yourself, in this great big world." ✩✩✩ Amir Azadi is gay, and always...
hilary louise
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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Review: Athena's Choice by Adam Boostrom
"True feminism should not be about the ability of women to emulate men. Can a woman be as violent, and brutal, and heartless, and cruel...
hilary louise
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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Review: Stella Rimington's Liz Carlyle series
I don't think I've ever read a crime/police thriller from the point of view of MI5 before, and that massively appealed to me, especially...
hilary louise
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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ARC Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
"In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you." ✩✩✩✩ The...
hilary louise
Aug 22, 20202 min read
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ARC Review: Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall
"For the first time in my life I don't mind the mess of that. I don't feel like I have to make it right. I don't mind being imperfect."...
hilary louise
Aug 19, 20202 min read
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Three Three-Star Mini Book Reviews
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ✩✩✩ I read this book at the same time as some friends of mine read it with a book...
hilary louise
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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