Tag: adult book recs
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Has Hwang Bo-reum’s Every Day I Read Broken My Reading Slump?
I am still easing back into reading, but I feel that I couldn’t have found a more perfect book for the task than Hwang Boreum’s Every Day I Read. I love the cosy slice-of-life atmosphere and introspective findings of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, so I knew picking this up that the narrative style and…
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My February 2026 Reading Summary
Reading mood: sluggish – as expected, the summer heat and increase in PhD work have led to reading fewer books than anticipated. The books I have finished have been great reads, but there have been more than a few books I started reading and felt would be better read at a later time, when I…
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Get Some Love Therapy with Saki Kawashiro’s The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee
While February is a time of love, it doesn’t always mean we see the happy side of that love. There are many tricky and complex feelings surrounding Valentine’s Day for many, and I felt that a story about love from a different perspective would be much appreciated by readers sick of hearing about Valentine’s Day.…
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My Series Review of The Love Quotient by Helen Hoang
A romance series I recently finished is Helen Hoang’s The Love Quotient, a trilogy that includes The Love Quotient, The Bride Test, and The Heart Principle. These romances surprised me, giving spice and flair amidst culturally rich, diverse, and underrepresented communities. This series not only features South-East Asian characters, but there are also characters on…