Tag: fiction
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Books, Briefly: My Body
“Books, Briefly” is back to spotlight Emily Ratajkowski’s essay collection, My Body. Title: My Body Author: Emily Ratajkowski “In my early twenties, it had never occurred to me that the women who gained their power from beauty were indebted to the men whose desire granted them that power in the first place. Those men were…
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Books, Briefly: We Are the Brennans
“Books, Briefly” is back to spotlight a fairly new release and recent Book of the Month, We are the Brennans! Title: We Are the Brennans Author: Tracey Lange “What I’m saying is, if you can be happy, do it. If you know what you want in life, don’t wait for someone else to give it…
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Books, Briefly: Only When It’s Us
“Books, Briefly” is back to spotlight the first book in the Bergman Brothers series! Title: Only When It’s Us Author: Chloe Liese “Hate, enmity, rivalry are all passionate responses. My personal theory is that they are incomplete expressions of one core human emotion: love.” Only When It’s Us – Chloe Liese READ IF YOU LIKE:…
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Books, Briefly: Heatwave
Another wave of “Books, Briefly” is here! Title: Heatwave Author: Victor Jestin “They were searching the sea because the sea was obviously violent and cold. The sand, by contrast, was too soft and warm; Oscar couldn’t be there. They’d gotten the wrong enemy, just like I’d mistaken the smiles and the laughter, the joy spreading…
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Books, Briefly: Bunny
Here comes another “Books, Briefly” hopping your way! Title: Bunny Author: Mona Awad “All eight of their eyes shut tight as if this collective asphyxiation were a kind of religious bliss. All four of their glossy mouths making squealing sounds of monstrous love that hurt my face. I love you, Bunny.” READ IF YOU LIKE:…
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Readers! Take Refuge Within the Pages of Exit West
“…and when she went out it seemed to her that she too had migrated, that everyone migrates, even if we stay in the same houses our whole lives, because we can’t help it. We are all migrants through time.” Exit West – Mohsin Hamid My Rating In Summary of Exit West “In a country teetering…
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People We Meet on Vacation Takes Readers for a Trip
“I’m on vacation. Vacations always end. It’s the very fact that it’s finite that makes traveling special. You could move to any one of those destinations you loved in small doses, and it wouldn’t be the spellbinding, life-altering seven days you spend there as a guest, letting a place into your heart fully, letting it…
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Books, Briefly: Interpreter of Maladies
I’m back with another “Books, Briefly” – the new segment of Archetypes and Anecdotes that highlights books with a shorter, concise review. Enjoy! Title: Interpreter of Maladies Author: Jhumpa Lahiri “Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room…
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Books, Briefly: Signs Preceding the End of the World
I’m introducing Books, Briefly – a new segment to Archetypes and Anecdotes! For some books, I may decide to write shorter reviews instead of the longer, in-depth ones that I have been writing – hence the name “Books, Briefly”. A shorter review does not mean that a book is bad or that it’s less important…
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Beach Read Has Readers Falling in Love
“Falling’s the part that takes your breath away. It’s the part when you can’t believe the person standing in front of you both exists and happened to wander into your path. It’s supposed to make you feel lucky to be alive, exactly when and where you are.” Beach Read – Emily Henry My Rating In…
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