Category: Books
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Book Review: Nightbloom
The story of two inseparable friends divided by an ocean of grief, rancor and family trauma
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Book Review: Child of the Dark*- The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
One of the most venerated Brazilian authors, the autobiography of her life in the slums and my issues with it
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Book Review: The Ancient Tales of Women Who Run With the Wolves
A call to embrace the wise women inside us. – “the trivialization of women’s curiosity so that it seems like nothing more than irksome snooping denies women’s insight, hunches, and intuitions. It denies all her senses. It attempts to attack…
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My 3 Favourite Indie Bookstores in Toronto
Over the past 2 years, I’ve been exploring some of the independent bookstores in Toronto. This are some of the hidden gems I’ve found – and they offer music too!
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Book Review: Daughter
A dark novel about living in the shadows of fame and manipulation
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Book Review: What’s Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies
Tim Urban uses biology and funny drawings to explain why we are so polarized
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List of Countries A-Z (Read the World Challenge)
Here’s a list of all the countries I’ve read so far, with some of my favourite books.
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Favourite Books (Read the World Challenge)
I decided to set myself on a (life long) quest to read one book from each country of the world.
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Book Review: The Memory Police
An island in which everyday objects disappear from people’s memories. An oppressive and tense story told in the lightest way.
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Book Review: Americanah, or How To Become Black in America
A Nigerian woman’s journey of discovery of her own ethnicity after moving to the U.S. – “I did not think of myself as black, and I only became black when I came to America.”
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