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Ninth House and Hell Bent (Leigh Bardugo)
I have a love-hate relationship with these books. (…) These books are as dark as it can get. I had to pair it with a lighter read to keep my mood up. You can find a specific trigger warning down below. (…)
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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Heather Fawcett)
This book was an unexpected delight! (…)
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Want something heartwarming, light, quirky and fun? Then I can just recommend you to read „Howl’s Moving Castle“ by Diana Wynne Jones. (…)
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Crying in H-Mart (Michelle Zauner)
Food is life, food is love and food is belonging. With that leitmotif we are guided through this wonderful, yet heartbraking memoir by Michelle Zauner. Michelle Zauner is an american singer of the band „Japanese Breakfast“ and is telling her life story of her life with her Korean mother and the death of her of…
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Legends & Lattes (Travis Baldree)
Dipping into something cozy and soothing is a concept most of us came to appreciate during the last difficult years, I believe. With the pandemic, but also our hectic modern life, enjoying the simple things and the conncetion to others became something to strive for again. The retreat into the sanction of the home or…
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Shannon Chakraborty)
Easiest. 5 stars. Ever. This was pure enjoyment! I love me a good pirate story and somehow Shannon Chakraborty managed to put all the elements I love together in this book, which is – thank God – the first one in a new series (The Amina-al-Sirafi Series). This book was a blast from the first…
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The Terraformers (Annalee Newitz)
You want some Sci-Fi, but with an environmentally conscious plot? You always thought that animals should be persons and you want to experience everything they can give, be it friendship, comradery or even love? You want a story that spans over hundreds and thousands of years, yet manages to portray characters that you will fall…
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Leave The Lights On (Liv Andersson)
Are you ever in the mood to just not think much while reading. Let the story lead, while at the same time being wonderfully entertained? Then this pageturner is my recommendation for you. (…)
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Galatea (Madeline Miller)
I stand with Madeline Miller concerning the interpretation of the greek myth. The Pygmalion myth is a prime example of misogyny and fetishization of female bodies and „pure character“ for the male pleasure. (…)
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Bunny (Mona Awad)
What a ride! What an absurd, surreal, bizarre, demonic ride. This is not a book, this is a journey – and a deeply unsettling one at that. Funny though at times as well. Hard to describe, hence why I just use a lot of adjectives here. This was awesome! (…)
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