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Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore – A Debut Short Story Collection to Devour
February is Black History Month in North America, so I want to take this time to read and share books by Black authors, spreading their stories and showcasing the brilliance of Black writers. All perspectives and voices are important, and Black voices deserve to be heard. Make Your Way Home came across my radar a…
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My Summer Reading Debrief
While summer is’t officially over here in Aotearoa New Zealand, my PhD studies and the general populace’s back-to-work schedule give the feel of it being near its end. We have also had a wet summer at that too, so for those addicted to the sunshine and beach-going weather, it may have been a bit of…
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Where Do My Preferences Lie?
This is a good question because I am not so sure I know myself. I have read a lot over the last few years, and I have grown and adapted my reading to what appeals to me more in that moment of life. Things that were once staples have become nostalgic throwbacks, less favoured genres…
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A Beautiful Short Story Collection in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Short story collections are something I find myself gravitating towards at this stage in my life, and I am so happy that I can find such great recommendations and works to pick up from a range of authors. Interpreter of Maladies is a book that came across my radar some months ago (I am not…
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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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The Classic and Unforgettable Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
I have heard Franz Kafka’s praises be sung from dawn to dusk throughout my years on Tumblr and Pinterest, not to mention my English Literature degree pointing out his impact and influence across a great many decades. I hadn’t picked up any of his works though, and so here is where Metamorphosis enters the fray.…
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My Thoughts on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s White Nights
Out of all the Dostoyevsky short stories, I wasn’t expecting the first one I read to be White Nights. I have requested Notes from a Dead House from the library, and in turn White Nights feels like the opposite-most piece of literature of his to read. Nevertheless, I read it and have many thoughts to…
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My Andrzej Sapkowski The Witcher Series Review
A series that I thought I would enjoy but was saddened to see develop differently to wait I had in mind, Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series is a widely popular adult fantasy series that has inspired multiple games, the Netflix TV show, and many other things. From the short stories of The Last Wish and…
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Kirsty Gunn’s Pretty Ugly – A Short Story Collection Full of Human Emotion
Would it be fair if I only reviewed one short story collection this month? Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn is a darkly-fascinating, ominously-enticing read, and I felt myself being drawn into the writing with no desire to pull back. Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn is the inaugural title in a new series of short story…
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Another Witi Ihimaera Classic with Pounamu Pounamu
His first official publication, Pounamu Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera is a colelction of short stories that serves as both the first glimpse of works to come and the established foundations of Witi’s work. Pounamu Pounamu marks the pledge of a young boy, who from a young age vowed to write stories about Māori that schoolchildren…
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