Fiction
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
This novel is like a warm mug of tea, a cozy blanket, catching up with an old friend over coffee. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches tells the story of — well, just what the title suggests. The book follows Mika Moon, a witch in Britain who has consistently moved around with her dog Continue reading
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All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
“I became unsure of how to leave the mirror, how to leave the me in the mirror behind.” Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city where it is not easy to form new relationships, she has little regular contact with anyone other than her editor, Continue reading
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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh | Review
The brilliance of Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s novel The Language of Flowers lies in its countless conflicting qualities: it is both heart-warming and heart-breaking, uplifting and sorrowful, fast-paced and meticulously developed, based on harsh reality and idealized fiction. Though clearly a best-case-scenario for a child raised in the foster care system, this novel nevertheless contains the unfortunate Continue reading
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