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Review : Braised Pork
Three Good Debuts to Start the Year With…

I love mixed bags and these three debuts are very different from one another. While Braised Pork …

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Ghosting and Boy—Two Slightly Foxed titles to read

I love the titles that Slightly Foxed publish and these are no exceptions. Ghosting is a behind-the-scenes

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Translated : Bengali Novels with Bitter Ghosts, Pulp Fiction & Circus History

A ghost who asks about a young wife’s sex life and curses her unapologetically…

Book review : Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Things in Jars — Victorian Crime Novel with Circus Freaks, Pickled Babies & Irish Folklore

The year is 1863 and London is suffocating in crime, violence…

Book review : The Heavens by Sandra Newman
The Heavens is a literary fairytale of madness, time travel, dreams and alternate worlds

Kate and Ben fall in love at a rich girl’s party. It is the summer…

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The Red Circle Minis Feature Modern Japanese Stories

I have a fondness for books set in Japan. Why do I love…

Adele by Leila Slimani
Reading Leïla Slimani : a Sex crazed Woman and a Killing Nanny

Every once in a while, books that will make you take an all nighter in your adult life, get …

January 2019 book releases
The New Year New Books is a BLAST : Serial killers, Russian myths, Igbo beliefs and more

I felt 2018 was one of the best years in publishing. But January, 2019 has …

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Of buildings, food and cultural nuances; Two Books set in India

In January, I read two amazing books. Both revolve around buildings, coincidentally…