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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Reviewed by Janx Days At the Morisaki Bookshop. Nostalgic and profound, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is a quiet and calm narration of the long days that Takako spent on the second floor of her uncle’s bookshop. After suffering a… Continue reading
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Good Girl Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Reviewed by Janx This is possibly the first time I am reviewing the second book in a series. I usually believe people discover and judge the second book by the first one. Which is why I don’t see the need… Continue reading
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One of Us is Lying
By Karen M. McManus Book Review by Janhavi When the outsider, “Simon”, has a gossip website where your deepest darkest secrets are likely to be posted. How far will you go to protect them? I read this a month ago… Continue reading
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The Magic of Ghibli: Whisper of the Heart Review
Review by Janx This is my first time reviewing a movie, and I’m starting off with my favourite Ghibli production of all time. This was the 3rd Ghibli film I watched after “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “From Up on Poppy… Continue reading
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The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
Book Review by Janx Blurb: One photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back In Mr. Hirasaka’s photography studio, in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. With a… Continue reading
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Book Review by Janx Its already the end of September and most of us still haven’t asked the person we like for a cup of coffee. And reading slumps eat away at our brains and bones, the way the thunder… Continue reading
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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Book Review by Janx I am not a big fan of dystopian works that are as old as I am; but after much persuasion from close friends, I managed to pick this book up and put it on my shelf.… Continue reading
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Book Review by Janx 🙂 I am back with my love for Japanese books and their heartwarming ways of capturing the regular life. Today I’m introducing “The Convenience Store Woman.” Sayaka Murata’s story about a convenience store woman and her… Continue reading
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Anne Frank analysis [first quarter]
Important Events: The first most important event of their lives was when they got a call up for Margot (Anne’s sister) to go work in Germany on ‘July 5’. This forces them to shift to the annex before they originally… Continue reading
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Welcome To the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop: Book Review
When we sit down to read, we expect some things from a book. We expect fuubutsushi throughout and characters who have sophrosyne by the end of the book. We like to have frissons by the time we are done with… Continue reading
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Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie…
Book Review by, Janhavi Battalwar. Reading mysteries can soothe an itch in your brain you never knew existed. However, finding a good book can take some time. Which is why I have taken the effort instead and decided to let… Continue reading
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Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde…
Not a book review, By Janx 🙂 I recently finished reading this amazing piece of literature, and I absolutely had to share it with you people. This book has been the death of me for around a month and if… Continue reading
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Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
Book review by, Janx Rom-Com has been an ever-loved genre of our times, one I have felt quite reluctant towards for long. But after hearing all the praise for the latest pieces by Lynn Painter, I was intrigued to check… Continue reading
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What you are looking for is in the library… By Michiko Aoyama.
Book review by Janx. “Library, What a nice sounding word. So comforting. I feel like I’m a student again. Library, Am I allowed to borrow books?” What is a library? A place, a word or something else? I don’t know,… Continue reading
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Strange Birds: The Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers [by Celia C. Perez]
Book Review by Janhavi B. Change and change makers have always been a large part of our society and its history. These change makers have changed and moulded our society into something better than before. Today I present to you… Continue reading
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