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My November 2025 Reading Summary
Overall mood: perplexed – this isn’t necessarily to do with my reading but my thoughts about how my reading has gone in recent months. I felt like I hadn’t read much this month, but upon closer inspection realised that not only have I in fact read above my average count, but enjoyed a lot of…
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Stunning Short Stories in Claire Keegan’s Walk the Blue Fields
What’s better than a Claire Keegan story? Multiple Claire Keegan stories! Walk the Blue Fields was a library book request I made following Foster, a story I absolutely adored, and I am so happy to have more works of hers in hand. Both gut-wrenching and grand, these stories will transport you and throw you into…
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Claire Keegan’s Foster – Sad, Heartfelt, and Deeply Moving
I cannot get enough of Claire Keegan’s short yet shocking reads. The efficiency of her narrative style and word choice makes her novels concise and poignant, leaving no room for misinterpretation or guesswork. Foster is yet another one of her books that strikes at the heart of the reader with its simple yet emotionally complex…
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