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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland – most popular YA thriller of 2021 “I am the thing in the dark.” House of HollowMy rating3.5 AuthorKrystal SutherlandPublisherPutnam SonsGenreYA Fantasy/Horror/Magical RealismNumber of Pages304 Buy It on Amazon “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” SummaryIris, Vivi, and Grey are the three Hollow sisters with a
The Best Graphic Memoir – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi “The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:Are my trousers long enough?Is my veil in place?Can my make-up be seen?Are they going to whip me?No longer asks herself:Where is my freedom of thought?Where is my freedom of speech?My life, is it
RebeccaMy rating5 / 5 Try it on Kindle Unlimited AuthorDaphne du MaurierPublisherWilliam Morrow paperbacksGenreClassic ThrillerNumber of Pages416 Buy It on Amazon “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” SummaryRebecca is the deceased wife of the narrator’s husband. I say narrator because after I was halfway through I realized I didn’t know the name
A heart-breaking book about Racism – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison | Book Review What is the story?This is the story of Pecola, an African American girl, who according to the author is the ugliest black child in the neighborhood. Pecola only ever wished for one thing – blue eyes. Blue eyes, because she
Classics: Animal Farm by George Orwell “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Blurb and Author Info from Goodreads A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is
Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond “The first condition of happiness is that a man must find joy in his work. Unless the work brings joy, the tedium of an aimless life can be soul-destroying.”*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Read It With Kindle Unlimited Blurb and Author Info from Goodreads‘I forget
My Story by Kamal Das | A Book review“Wipe out the paints, unmould the clay,Let nothing remain of that yesterday.” My StoryMy rating4 / 5 Try it on Audible AuthorKamala DasPublisherHarper Collins PublishersGenreNon-Fiction/MemoirsNumber of PagesAudiobook2149 hours and 11 minutes Buy It on Amazon “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” SummaryMy story, first
I delight in what I fear. – Shirley Jackson When Things Get DarkMy rating3 / 5 Try it on Kindle Unlimited Authorby Joyce Carol Oates; Karen Heuler; Elizabeth Hand; Benjamin PercyPublisherTitan BooksGenreHorrorNumber of Pages320 Buy It on Amazon “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” Publisher’s BlurbA chilling anthology in tribute to the
“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?” All The Light We Cannot SeeMy rating5 / 5 Try it on Kindle Unlimited AuthorAnthony DoerrPublisherHarper CollinsGenreHistorical Fiction (World War II)Number of Pages531 Buy It on Amazon “As an Amazon Associate I earn from
“We said nothing for some time but we couldn’t have been more eloquent.”*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Read It With Kindle Unlimited Blurb and Author Info from GoodreadsA collection of short stories on small town life by one of India’s novelists.The best of a lifetime of stories from a short story
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