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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Silvia Moreno-Garcia writes exquisite prose and weaves amazing stories and worlds, seemingly, effortlessly. When Noemà arrives at High Place to find her cousin Catalina taken ill, after receiving such an alarming letter from her some weeks before, she is immediately suspicious – as are we,…
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Silent Patient is a mystery/thriller with a twist I did not guess. That’s a claim a lot of PR tends to make only for it to not be true. There are a lot of books out there that I have guessed the…
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Gods of Jade and Shadow is a little different than my usual fantasy choices – I don’t tend to read fantasy based in our real world Earth – and I was not disappointed. The journey of Casiopea Tun is one I found myself readily investing in and just as at-first rude & lofty god Hun-Kamé…
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Something I had been toying with since before Christmas last year was the idea of starting a #booktube channel because I thought I might be able to get more out of that than simply writing up reviews on GoodReads and cross-posting them over here. What is #booktube? It’s people on YouTube talking about books and…
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salt slow This little book by Julia Armfield has a lot to offer. Nine short stories all with a shade of the Gothic or the macabre about them as they explore different comings, goings and phases in women’s lives. All are well-written, clever and engaging. These are stories that can make you ache with feeling.…