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Popular Contemporary Novels Worth the Hype

May 9, 2019 Amalia 0

I’m not that into reading contemporary novels, especially the over-hyped ones, but I am known to occasionally give into hype and the Internet was definitely on fire when in comes to these three books. So here they are, the three […]

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

March 23, 2019 Amalia 0

This novel is a myth retelling of the Iliad from the perspective of Briseis, one of the many women taken as slaves, prostitutes, nurses and concubines by the conquering Greeks. Since I read this book late 2018 it has been […]

Wilderness Survival Fiction Book: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

March 15, 2019 Amalia 0

I read Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone partly because it was the winner of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards in Historical Fiction and partly because I read and loved Kristin Hannah’s previous book, The Nightingale, which one the same prize […]

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

February 22, 2019 Amalia 0

Purple Hibiscus is the last book from Adichie’s back list novels I had left to read, and as I expected, I was not disappointed. There is something about Adichie’s writing that keeps me hooked and opens a floodgate of emotions. […]

Book cover of When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy and Quote:Sometimes the shame is not the beatings, not the rape. The shaming is in being asked to stand to judgment.

When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy – or how to escape from domestic violence?

February 8, 2019 Amalia 0

Interested in books about domestic violence? Shortlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife is a traumatic story of domestic violence in modern India. Our narrator […]

January 2019 Reading Wrap Up

January 31, 2019 Amalia 0

I decided to add wrap ups at the end of every month just to get a better overview of my reading progress. Here I start with what I read in the month of January. Not a great start to the […]

cover of three historical fiction books, washington black by esi edugyan, the mermaid and mrs hancock by imogen hermes gowar and the essex serpent by sarah perry

Three Historical Fiction Books with a Twist of Magic

January 1, 2019 Amalia 0

Here I will explore three novels Booktube made me read, all hyped historical fiction books with a twist of magic. Historical fiction is not my go-to genre these days, especially not the ones with magical elements in them but I […]

cover of Educated by tara Westover and quote: Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds

Memoirs by Women: Educated by Tara Westover

November 23, 2018 Amalia 0

To say that I was shocked when reading this novel is a gross understatement. I was absolutely terrified by Tara Westover’s childhood experiences and terrified of her father and brother. This is one of the best memoirs by women I’ve […]

BookTube Made Me Read It - myth retelling, mystery thriller, psychological literary fiction, covers of Circe by Madeline Miller, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, and Almost Love by Louise O'Neill

Books BookTube Made Me Read – Ep. 2

October 25, 2018 Amalia 0

Here is another set of three books BookTube made me read (see part one). This time I will be discussing three genres I don’t normally read. I have really enjoyed two of these, both of which I highly recommend, and […]

Young Adult Fantasy Series: Worth Reading?

September 16, 2018 Amalia 0

I bring you another set of hyped young adult fantasy books, the first book in the series, I recently read and dying to discuss a little. Will I continue with the series? Let’s see how I feel about them. I […]