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Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis

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4.25

Kept me hooked throughout. I was rooting for Ashley the whole way through.  
Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

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Did not finish book.
This didn’t grip my attention, maybe I’ll come back to it another time as I was only 16% in. 
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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4.5

This was initially a DNF when I tried to read on my kindle around a year ago. Today I decided to listen to the audiobook when I saw it on Spotify and I’m so happy I went back and tried it in a different format. 
I connected with this book in lot of different ways and I found it so intriguing that I listened to it in a matter of hours on 1.5x speed as I couldn’t get enough. 
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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4.0

I loved the little comments made about their relationship as the 4 of them. 
The comments about our existence and whether or not to stay out there was down to them as individual or as a race was very intriguing and thought provoking 
Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Incredible & Tense. 
The best thriller I’ve read in a long time, maybe ever. 
Such beautiful writing and descriptions. Amazing commentary on women and hysteria. 
The world building was so good. I can see the whole setting and felt like I was living it. 
Will definitely read more from this author. 
5 ⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
This book did not draw me in or hook me at all. It was too slow for me and had lots of unnecessary filler imo. 
The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden

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2.0

Not a necessary read but as I’ve read the other housemaids books i thought i may as well read this. Freida gave the characters a little more depth in the very few pages but not surprising that not much happened and it was written for the sake of seeing the characters get married which was a necessity 
Termush by Sven Holm

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fast-paced

5.0

Ramble review, just typing out words as they come into my brain haha. 

This book really drew me in so fast. I read this within 24 hours and cannot stop thinking about it over the following days.

I’m not sure if this was the intention but i found seeing an apocolyptic story from the privileged POV was so interesting. It also made me think about the world politics and how if people just accepted each other and worked together then things may end differently, however as the privileged couldnt allow the outsiders in and fled instead of communicating with them ended in their deaths ?


Overall it really got me thinking and I’ll be adding it to my bookshelves. 
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I will be ordering this to add to my bookshelves (read on kindle). I have never read Fall of the house of Usher or watched the Netflix adaptation so went into this pretty blind. 
Once I realised where the story was going I could not put the book down. The descriptions were so fascinating. 
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0