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Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Title: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism – Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence Author: Amanda Montell Genre: Nonfiction, Sociology Goodreads link (more…)

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Title: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Author: Grady Hendrix Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction Goodreads link (more…)

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️☆☆☆ Title: Ariadne Author: Jennifer Saint Genre: Goodreads link (more…)

Rating: ⭐️☆☆☆☆ Title: The House of the Spirits Author: Isabel Allende Genre: Fiction, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction (more…)

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Title: Sweet Harmony Author: Claire North Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction (more…)

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Title: What You Are Looking for Is in the Library Author: Michiko Aoyama Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Continue reading Book review: What You Are Looking for Is in the Library, by Michiko Aoyama

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Title: She and Her Cat Author: Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Contemporary Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: She and Her Cat, by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Title: How to be Eaten Author: Maria Adelmann Genre: Fiction, Horror, Retellings Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: How to be Eaten, by Maria Adelmann

After reading Killer Question, I started leaning into murder mysteries. It’s a genre I have never explored before, and I’m actually excited to read this one. In just a couple of days, I’m already 55% into the book. It’s definitely interesting because we already know who was murdered and who the killer was just a few pages in. The ‘why’ and where it all began is what we have to read now. I’m…

The more humans learn about the world, the more insignificant we realise we are. There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn’t work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when it is a deliberate policy choice. I think it’s good to be reminded about how insignificant humans are, because even…

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Title: Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues Author: Jonathan Kennedy Genre: Nonfiction, History Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues, by Jonathan Kennedy

I’m currently reading The Definitions by Matt Greene. While I enjoy the ethereal feeling of the protagonist trying to make sense of a world they forgot, I can’t help but feel confused the more I read the story. I’m 57% in, and I still don’t know where the story is going or what it was supposed to be. I can’t relate to any of the characters, and sometimes I feel the words I’m reading are just word…

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Title: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop Author: Hwang Bo-Reum Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum

On any given day, I would not be caught alive or dead on this premise. An aesthetically pleasing coffee shop that’s always crowded any day, any time. People from the neighbourhood and beyond would line up from before the coffee shop is open for a bitter drink that’s not even enjoyable. No, no one is ever going to convince me coffee is a drink that people actually enjoy drinking. Because it had…

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Title: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Japanese Literature Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, by Satoshi Yagisawa

Book cover from Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Title: Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation Author: Anne Helen Petersen Genre: Nonfiction, Sociology Goodreads link Continue reading Book review: What the Fact?: Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, by Anne Helen Petersen

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s already 2026, and I still have not yet finished all the pending book reviews from last year! Aagh! At this point, I really have nothing else to say, but, indeed, I am a lazy bum with bad time management. Lol. I don’t think I’ve ever made a New Year’s resolution, because I know there’s no way I’m ever going to stick to it. There are way too many ‘projects‘ from bygone eras…