Tag: loved
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Occult Dreaming
If you have ever found yourself wondering what happened with all that Satanic Panic stuff of the 90s, or why SA still has so many occult crimes, then this the book for you.
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Taking Period Romance Seriously
The historical intensity of a Georgette Heyer, a complex plot which feels more serious than it is, and brilliantly lived characters. Takes gay period romance to the next level.
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A Mother’s Love Song
The Whale’s Last Song by Joanne Fedler It’s a new year, fresh and shiny with potential, so I thought we could start off with one of the most gorgeous, hopeful books. Something whose influence carried me through the last few months of last year. I have found it very hard to describe what this book…
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Oblique Conversations
Nuanced, immersive, and macabre. This book delivers so much more than the first. Settle down for a long discussion of what it all meant and why I loved it.
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The Great War in Context
An eye-opening investigation of the Great War, arguing that nearly everything we think about it is misleading at best.
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Labyrinthine Turns of the Internal Mind
Literary fiction at its finest. A cant-put-down book that holds a mirror to the world while holding the reader captivated.
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The Power of Dark Academia
An amazing story that explores complex morality, faith and complex queer relationship dynamics all a setting dripping with gothic horror. It may be the best book I have read this year.
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A Nest of Themes
A delicious fairytale I want to live in forever which explores magic, class and the many things home can mean to different people.
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Finding your Why
A mindful and holistic approach to writing that helped me find my why and block my flow (kind of). Recommend for anyone struggling to get the story out.
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An Enjoyable Classic
Book Review of Circles in a Forest by Dalene Matthee. A modern classic that is eminently readable, with complex relationships and human hubris.