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    Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (Review)

    / Feb 12, 2020

    Like all Bardugo's books, Ninth House is ultimately a story about privilege, identity, and the bonds that can be formed in adversary.

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    Year in books – Mini reviews of everything I read in 2019

    / Dec 17, 2019

    Reflecting back on the year through the books I read. 

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    Crooks & Straights – Masha du Toit

    / Jul 27, 2016

    I came to Crooks & Straights with that Christmas morning feeling. I read the description on Amazon and thought wow, I’ve got to get my hands on that.

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    Scarred – Joanne Macgregor

    / May 9, 2016

    Scarred will hook you from the very first sentence and pull you right through to the end, mercilessly. South African author, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist, and she certainly brings her knowledge…

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    Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson

    / Feb 19, 2016

    The selling point of this novel is the magic system, which is based partly on colour. It was a nice, fresh, hook.

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    The Patrons – Daniella Brodsky

    / Feb 9, 2016

    This book was a bit pretentious but interesting (though possibly not for the prudish, it wasn't overly graphic either).

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    House of Sand and Secrets – Cat Hellisen

    / May 29, 2014

    Hellisen doesn't shy away from uncomfortable themes and once you realise this you know there's nowhere this story will be afraid to go.

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    When the Sea is Rising Red – Cat Hellisen

    / May 29, 2014

    The descriptions are so rich that when you put it down you will miss it terribly. So you don't put it down. You just read until 3am, until it's done.

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    A Game of Thrones – George RR Martin

    / Dec 11, 2011

    Martin's descriptions are beautiful but also full of emotive strength and poignant foreshadowing.

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    Dead until dark – Charlaine Harris

    / Dec 11, 2011

    Dead Until Dark is the first of the series of books that inspired the TBO series True Blood. If you like chick lit, you'll probably enjoy it. It has that whole Vampire thing…

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