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Continue reading →: Book Review – RedemptionRedemption follows the team’s investigation of a letter in a bottle found 19 years earlier. Little do they know that the cold case will have direct consequences in the present.
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Continue reading →: Book Review – The Girl Who Lived TwiceThe Girl Who Lived Twice is the sixth instalment in the Millenium series, initially written by Stieg Larsson. Lisbeth Salander has vanished to confront her dark past and settle scores with her estranged twin sister, Camilla. At a loose end, Mikael Blomkvist investigates the death of a homeless man linked…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – World War ZIt began with rumours—another pandemic with mysterious origins. Cases started to multiply until the planet was overrun with mindless, man-eating creatures. World War Z is tale of survivors and key players in the 10-year fight against the horde.
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Continue reading →: Book Review – The Dark HalfThad Beaumont, a critically acclaimed author, has been writing best-selling novels under the pseudonym George Stark. After a good run, Thad decides to publicly retire the pseudonym and starts writing under his own name again. But getting rid of his super-violent pulp thriller writing alter ego isn’t as easy as…
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Continue reading →: ARC Review – The Hummingbird Kiss: My Life as an Addict in the 1970sThrough this memoir, the author tells her story, that is, being a drug addict in the 1970s.
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Continue reading →: Nordic Noir NovelsNordic Noir is a subgenre of Crime Fiction. It’s also called Scandinavian crime fiction, as the novels are set in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland). These novels usually revolve around murder, corruption, societal issues, and, more generally, the darker side of human nature. They are set in bleak…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – A Man Called OveAfter reading Anxious People (and falling in love with it), I decided to try another of Fredrik Bachman’s novels. Needless to say, I had high hopes for this novel. It didn’t disappoint, but it didn’t quite meet expectations, either.
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Continue reading →: Book Review – That Old Cape MagicJack and Joy are on the Cape to celebrate the wedding of their daughter Laura’s best friend. Being on the Cape drags up childhood memories for Jack, as it is where he used to vacation every year with his parents. As the past spills into the present, the cracks in…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – Before I Go to SleepChristine Lucas is an amnesiac. She’s incapable of either forming new memories or retaining old ones. Every time she goes to sleep, she forgets everything. But as Christine searches for a cure, things at home aren’t what they seem. The novel follows Christine’s search for her path and the truth,…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – Vernon SubutexVernon Subutex owned an infamous music shop in Paris, Revolver. He is quite a legend among the rock and roll crowd of the capital. Life seems to shine on him, or at least until the arrival of the Internet and the decline of CD and vinyl sales.
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