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Monsters of Verity – Victoria Schwab | BOOK REVIEW

After every act of violence a monster is born. On one side of the city poor people have formed an army to fight back. On the other, the rich pay to be protected. But, who is protecting them and how?

Kate Harker wants to be as ruthless as her father, but deep down she knows she’s different. August Flynn wants to be a good person, but he is a monster who can steel souls. They start off on the opposite sides, but end up having to work together in order to survive.

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I Wake Up in Shibuya – Anna Cima | BOOK REVIEW

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While visiting Japan, the main character Jana makes a whish to stay there forever. And it comes true… sort of.

A 17-year-old version of herself becomes stuck in Shibuya in the form of a spirit, invisible and unable to leave. The real Jana goes back to Czech Republic where she ends up studying Japanese at the university. There she stumbles upon the works of a little known Japanese writer Kawashita Kiyomaru. Translating the story she might find a way to reunite with her alter-ego.

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Ten Loves – Zhang Yueran | BOOK REVIEW

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This is a collection of short stories which, as the title suggests, talk about love, but not in a way you would expect. They are not romantic, but actually deal with some heavier topics. Among other things, we see a wife sacrifice herself for her husband and a mother taking care of her son.

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My top 10 books of 2023

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I haven’t read that many books last year, but I enjoyed all of them. These were my favorites: 10. At the Breakfast Table – Dafne Suman Rating: English cover: Set in Turkey, this book focuses on a famous artist and her family as they gather to celebrate her 100th birthday. She, however, hides a secret

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My 5 star predictions (2023) – WRAP UP

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While I never wrote a post listing all the books I thought were going to be my 5 start reads in 2023, I made the predictions for myself. I have read most of the books from that list and would now like to talk about them. I’m first going to say what the book is

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My Top 10 Books of 2022

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I started my blog at the very end of last year, but was unable to update it sense. It might be weird to post this now, but I wanted to publish things that were already written before I start fresh in the new year. On top of that, there are some great books on this

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My 5 Star Predictions (2022) – WRAP UP

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Last year I made 5 star predictions for the first time. Having seen countless YouTubers do the same and occasionally stumble upon a book that is nothing like they imagined, I was genuinely interested in seeing how good my predictions would be. 1. Shadow and Bone (the first book in The Grisha Trilogy) – Leigh

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My Top 10 Books of 2021

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Although it has always been my passion, there were long periods of time in my life when reading simply wasn’t an option. Things slowly started to change in 2019 when I went to my first book fair in years, but it was only last year that I took reading seriously. Until than I had never

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My 5 star predictions (2022)

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It may seem unusual to post something like this when the end of the year is right around the corner, but… I have originally planned to start a blog and a Youtube channel over a year ago when this post would have been more relevant, however, due to some things in my personal life that

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Book Haul and TBR (2022)

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Is it too late to talk about something like this considering it’s already December? Maybe… I was genuinely excited when I got all of these books more than a year ago and was hoping to make a post like this in the beginning of 2022, however life got in the way… Despite negative things that

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