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  • Book Review: The Psychopath Test

    👀 First impressions:Published in 2011, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry is Jon Ronson’s trademark blend of investigative journalism, dark humour, and curiosity about human behaviour. The book begins with an odd mystery surrounding a strange manuscript, which leads Ronson into the world of psychology, psychiatry, and the people who claim to diagnose, and sometimes…

  • Book Review: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

    👀 First impressions:I picked up Sky Daddy after seeing it featured on best-of lists and across literary discussions online—people couldn’t stop talking about the bizarre appeal of loving a plane. And what a premise it is. Linda, our narrator, is utterly and erotically obsessed with airplanes, dreaming of being reunited mid-flight, merging into a catastrophic crash that would…

  • Book Review: Educated by Tara Westover

    👀 First impressions:Educated is one of those books I kept seeing everywhere, on BookTok, on Bookstagram, in “must-read memoir” lists. It felt like everyone was saying the same thing: this is worth your time. It tells the story of her childhood in a strict, survivalist family in rural Idaho, where formal education was forbidden, and her journey…

  • Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

    👀 First impressions:Caraval is the first book in Stephanie Garber’s fantasy trilogy, where magic and illusion blur the line between performance and reality. Sisters Scarlett and Donatella finally get the chance to attend Caraval, a mysterious game where the audience becomes part of the show. But when Tella is kidnapped, Scarlett must navigate a world of dazzling…

  • Book Review: Slow Horses by Mick Herron

    👀 First impressions:Slow Horses is the first novel in Mick Herron’s acclaimed Slough House series, which has now grown to nine books and shows no sign of slowing down. On the surface, this is a spy thriller, but it’s not your typical sleek Bond-style escapade. Instead, Herron shines a light on the rejects of MI5, the “slow horses” banished…

  • Book Review: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

    👀 First impressions:Blindsighted is the first book in Karin Slaughter’s Grant County series, and it sets the tone for what readers can expect from her work: dark, unflinching crime fiction that doesn’t shy away from the harshest realities. Published in 2001, this debut introduced the world to pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and…

  • If You Liked 1984, You’ll Love These

    George Orwell’s 1984 is one of those rare novels that never loses its bite. First published in 1949, its vision of totalitarian control, constant surveillance, and the crushing of individuality feels unnervingly relevant no matter what decade you read it in. For many, it’s the book that sparked a love of dystopian fiction, or at least left…

  • Two Sides of the Shelf : Mood Reading vs Strict TBR

    There’s no one right way to read books. Some of us wander through our shelves like it’s a buffet, picking whatever looks tastiest in the moment. Others treat their To Be Read (TBR) list like a carefully curated itinerary, reading in order without skipping ahead. To dig into this, we’ve got two perspectives: Minnie, a…

  • Book Review: My Husband by Maud Ventura

    👀 First impressions:Originally published in French and later translated into English, My Husband is Maud Ventura’s unsettling debut novel. It follows an unnamed narrator, a wife consumed by her obsessive love for her husband. On the surface, they appear to be the perfect couple, but inside her mind lurks a constant, feverish need for validation, attention, and control.…

  • Book Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

    👀 First impressions:Published in Japan in 2016 and translated into English in 2018, Convenience Store Woman quickly became an international sensation. At just over 160 pages, it’s a short, sharp novel that follows Keiko Furukura, a 36-year-old woman who has worked part-time in a convenience store for 18 years. Society deems her “odd” because she hasn’t followed the…