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When new teacher Luke came to Emma's school he surveyed the fifteen year olds and immediately plucked her out as his obsession, happier still to learn she lives in the sticks and is a young carer whose mother and sister have both left, so she has no friends to tell. She had to kill him. … Continue reading Silent Victim Recap and Review
Pregnant Suzi longs for the man she truly loves in second person as she feels trapped in her house with her husband Nick so when Nora in next door she's excited, but Nora moved in precisely to meet her, and already knows about her. She's a recent widow and tries to relate to Suzi as … Continue reading The Other Wife Recap and Review
In this world, Big Brother's Thought Police can dive into your words and actions at any point. The government is divided into sections opposed to their names for example Ministry of Peace, which organises war and Ministry of Truth which regulates culture, changing past publications so Big Brother always seems to have been correct. Winston … Continue reading Ninteen Eighty-Four Recap and Review
This book has two perspectives: Penny; a Korean girl who somewhat resents not being connected at all to her heritage and excited to finally be herself and get away from the high school obsession with popularity; and Sam; a struggling baker. To be honest, neither of them are very nice people but Penny is undoubedly … Continue reading Emergency Contact-Adventures in Bookland Book Club
Thank you NetGalley for a reviewer copy of this book. Dan Leicester quit his journalism job in England when print became unpopular to become a PI in Italy but when his wife died he became a single father living in her extended family compound in Bologna. The body of a radical named Paolo is found … Continue reading A Quiet Death in Italy
In 2017, Vanessa is confused how the actresses of the Me Too movement could have kept working with the directors whose reputations were well-known in the industry, but when another woman named Taylor who slept with the same teacher as she did comes out with an accusation, she tells him not to worry, that there's … Continue reading My Dark Vanessa Recap and Review
Since Noam's mother died his father has been catatonic, and before he can recover, magic wipes out their entire neighbourhood. Only witchings, those with underlying power will survive, and his survival reveals that Noam is one of them. He is taken to the government complex where the powerful live, introduced to a new world. This … Continue reading The Fever King Recap and Review
This is such an iconic novel that Disney used a good percentage of it word-for-word and evidently based their character designs on the evocative originals. Disney's Queen of Hearts stands out as the most different looking but even she has the same terrifying facial expressions. Some of the characters like the Tweedles are practically copies … Continue reading Carroll’s v.s. Disney’s Alice in Wonderland
When Monique, a junior journalist, is personally approached to interview famous and gorgeous 79 year old movie star Evelyn Hugo about her donations, Monique's journalism company is confused but allows her to go alone. As it turns out, Evelyn doesn't want an article about her dresses but for Monique to write her full authorised biography … Continue reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Recap and Review
David Copperfield is a pseudo-autobiography and that quickly endears him and the people he loves to us but he could be classified as a bit of an unreliable narrator as he is looking past on past events, tinted with how things end up with the people he interacts with, even if he tries to place … Continue reading David Copperfield Recap and Review
Into New Realms 