I read this in less than a day, once I got started I couldn’t put it down.
Banyan Moon is a fierce novel about 3 generations of Vietnamese women. 4.5
I read this in less than a day, once I got started I couldn’t put it down.
Banyan Moon is a fierce novel about 3 generations of Vietnamese women. Their stories and love for each other speaks to the conflicting hatred and gratitude of familial bonds.
I found the relationship between mothers and daughters deeply moving and was happily surprised to find the story has somewhat of a gothic flare/haunted house theme.
I highly recommend if you are looking for an immersive family saga to read this summer!
Thanks to Mariner Books and HarperCollins Canada for sending me a finished copy! So glad I read this one :)...more
Ava Wilder is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors.
After loving ‘How to Fake it in Hollywood’, I knew I had to get my hands on her laAva Wilder is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors.
After loving ‘How to Fake it in Hollywood’, I knew I had to get my hands on her latest release and it did not disappoint!
What makes Ava Wilder’s work stand out to me is how well she balances both the internal and external conflict between her characters.
You can see how much thought and care went into crafting Lilah and Shane, the resulting chemistry between them feels real and undeniable. The tension built frustratingly well, it made the “i KNOW you and SEE you” moment that much more genuine and satisfying.
The writing was impeccable with kick-your-feet-up-in-the-air chemistry and a plot that had me guessing until the very last page.
I definitely recommend for fans of Rosie Danan, Abby Jimenez, and Helen Hoang. ...more
This is one of my fav romance of the year so far. Such a heart warming read. So refreshing to see healthy sex positive dialogue in romance, communicatThis is one of my fav romance of the year so far. Such a heart warming read. So refreshing to see healthy sex positive dialogue in romance, communication is sexy....more
‘The Guest’ is wild and propulsive, it’s the perfect summer read for the ‘hot & sad’ literary fiction crowd.
Emma Cline takes you this absurd ride thr‘The Guest’ is wild and propulsive, it’s the perfect summer read for the ‘hot & sad’ literary fiction crowd.
Emma Cline takes you this absurd ride through one questionable decision after another, perfectly building the tension to a destabilizing high until the pieces fall into place to reveal themselves to you.
Definitely recommend if you love literary fiction/thrillers about unreliable narrators doing bad things in their 20s. It’s set in the late summer months a the wealth beach town on Long Island which definitely makes it my kind of beach read....more
‘Desperada’ follows 27 year old Kora, a Canadian Iranian living in Toronto consumed by the loss of her younger sister. For Kora, grief feels like a di‘Desperada’ follows 27 year old Kora, a Canadian Iranian living in Toronto consumed by the loss of her younger sister. For Kora, grief feels like a dire need to be filled, a desperate, reckless, and furious search for ‘la petite mort’.
She quits her job and travels to Flateyri, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, and Koh Pha Ngan only to find grief’s black vulture follows her everywhere she goes. Her journey of sexual self-destruction is marred by the grim realities of each place she visits, taking on an anti-travel-to-heal narrative that I found incredibly refreshing.
While reading, I kept thinking of this lyrics from LDR’s ‘Fuck it I love you”:
“So I moved to California but it’s just a state of mind, it turns out everywhere you go you take yourself that’s not a lie”.
This is precisely what Kora comes to realize in this raw and propulsive debut from an exciting new voice. ‘Desperada’ is the messy woman in their 20s narrative that I’ve been looking for.
*Thank you to @randomhousecanada and @libro.fm for the review copies*
CW: grief, death by drowning, death of a sibling, sexual assault, suicidal ideations, racism, fetishization, Islamophobia, depression/dissociation, drug use, terrorist attacks...more
“I Have Some Questions for You” is the only murder mystery you’ll ever catch me reading. It deconstructs itself bit by bit as the narrator Bodie Kane “I Have Some Questions for You” is the only murder mystery you’ll ever catch me reading. It deconstructs itself bit by bit as the narrator Bodie Kane walks us through her memories of the death of her roommate Thalia while they were students at a prestigious boarding school in 1995.
She returns to the school 20 years later to teach a 2-week true crime podcasting course and is engulfed by the feeling that the case isn’t as neatly wrapped up as she’d thought. She starts to question our collective obsession with dead women and the role of the court of public opinion.
Throughout the novel, Bodie is speaking to a “you”—a specific character overlooked in the crime as well as you, dear reader, who can’t seem to shake the need to scratch that true crime itch. It’s a well-plotted captivating novel that translates perfectly to audiobook thanks to Julia Whelan.
Give this one to a true crime fanatic in your life, it’s time for a little introspection.
Thank you to @libro.fm for the audiobook review copy!
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