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Book Review contemporary

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal – Book Review

From the title and the pretty book cover, this book caught my eye and definitely piqued my interest. As someone who is always interested in learning and understanding different cultures, this felt like the perfect book to read. A curious and unique premise, I had really high hopes for this book but in the end […]

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Book Review Mystery

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave – Book Review

Pub Date: May 4, 2021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Number of Pages: 320 Genre: Mystery Add To Shelf: GOODREADS summary Owen Michaels suddenly disappears when the company he works for goes under investigation for fraud. Before disappearing, he leaves a very cryptic note for his wife, Hannah, to ‘PROTECT HER’. Despite the confusion and fear, […]

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Book Review Mystery

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins – Book Review

SUMMARY When a young man, Daniel, is found murdered in a houseboat in London, it brings forward three women who have complicated relationships with the victim. Laura, a one-night stand who was last seen leaving the victim’s home on the day of the murder, Carla, a resentful aunt who is mourning yet another death in […]

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Book Review Mystery

Not A Happy Family by Shari Lapena – Book Review

Not A Happy Family got me intrigued from the get go. Written by a Canadian author living in Toronto, this book sounded like it was inspired by the unsolved murder of Toronto millionaires Barry and Honey Sherman. I am not actually a hundred percent certain if this book is based on that true crime, but […]

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Book News

Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis is making its way to the big screen

Bisous Pictures and Ali Hazelwood announces partnership on an adaptation of New York Times best-selling novel, The Love Hypothesis.  The Love Hypothesis is Hazelwood’s debut novel which was first published in September 2021 and has remained on The New York Times Best Sellers list for 39 weeks. This book has become extremely popular especially in […]

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Book Review contemporary Literary Fiction

Beartown by Fredrik Backman – Book Review

I read this book last year and have put off writing a review because I find myself incapable of capturing what Beartown truly made me feel. It’s hard to write a comprehensive review that will give proper justice to this book, but I will do my best to do so. Reading Beartown was an experience. […]

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Book Review Cozy Mystery Humour

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano – Book Review

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what a cozy mystery genre is until I read Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. I wasn’t fully hooked upon reading the synopsis but hearing about this book repeatedly in Bookstagram, I knew that I had to read it. I say that a lot because I’m easily convinced when someone […]

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Visiting the most beautiful bookstore in the world, Libreria Acqua Alta

From gondolas, to stray cats napping on bookshelves, and to a staircase made of books – these are some of the things that you will find at one of the most remarkable bookstores in the world, Libreria Acqua Alta.  The bookstore of high water On the last leg of my two-week Italy trip, I visited […]

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Book Review Magical Realism

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle – Book Review

I first learned of the book In Five Years when it started popping up everywhere in my social feed, both in Bookstagram and my personal Instagram account! So I knew I had to check it out. This is the first book that I read of Rebecca Serle and first in the magical realism genre. I […]

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Book Review Romance Short Story

Evidence of the Affair, by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Book Review

Short stories are usually harder to execute since there’s not a ton of space to build up a character or an enthralling plot. Short stories always feel like they lack enough depth to leave a mark. But once again, Taylor Jenkins Reid took this as a challenge and wrote what is probably one of the […]