Heather Marshall’s LOOKING FOR JANE is a novel of brave and determined women is a must-read that honours countless untold stories of a past that’s been too long-silenced, that in other countries still exists. Beautiful, heartbreaking, necessary, and memorable.
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Book Review: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Check out The Reading List This read was like a warm book-loving hug. Adams did a brilliant job of drawing us into the characters’ lives and world. It reminds the reader of the power of story to influence and shape our
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Book Review: The Rise of Light by Olivia Hawker https://youtu.be/HqW8_N3xuUE Check out The Rise of Light It’s not often I find a book that moved me the way this one does. Hawker’s ability to delve into the mind of characters I otherwise may have found despicable or pathetic is awe-inducing.
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Book Review: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid https://youtu.be/1hT_4kGc7DQ Check out Such a Fun Age An engaging and complex book with complicated and layered characters, while also remaining a fast-paced and entertaining read. The micro and macro aggressions made for moments of discomfort, revelation, and the opportunity to turn
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Book Review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://youtu.be/JkKNye64vhs Check out The Vanishing Half A compelling, emotional, expansive read that kept me compulsively turning the pages. I blazed through this book in just a few days! What you think will be the story – the hook – isn’t the story.
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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig https://youtu.be/SLxJVVCVgBg Check out The Midnight Library Although the plot was rather predictable and at times became repetitive, I loved this book. It came at a time in my life when I really needed the message. Life is hard. Choices are harder. Regrets
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Book Review: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 5/5 Check out Small Great Things Brilliantly written and researched. This book tackles race, privilege, prejudice, and justice, with a style that makes it incredibly hard to put down.I saw myself in this book, I was challenged, I grew. I could
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Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we want it to. Dreams flop, people desert us, and we’re left reeling. When that happens we have a choice – Give up, or stand up, brush our selves off, and keep on keeping on! Of course … It’s not really that simple, is
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