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Monthly Mini Reviews – February 2025

More mini reviews! Enjoy… Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa This is a bittersweet little novel about isolation, finding purpose, and learning how to make sweet bean paste. I loved that it centred around an unlikely friendship formed between an elderly woman, a middle-aged man, and a high school student — all brought together by… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – February 2025

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Monthly Mini Reviews – May 2024

I’m back with some mini reviews! Just two again this month because I’ve been reading a lot of Classics Club books and they need their own post(s). The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake When the world’s best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – May 2024

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Monthly Mini Reviews – April 2024

Just two mini-reviews for you all this month! The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are relegated to menial labor and sterilized so that they do not carry on… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – April 2024