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- “Strange Houses” by Uketsu Book Review: Viral Japanese Mystery of Floor Plans
Figure out a murder mystery based on the floor plans of a couple of houses? Uketsu’s “Strange Houses” have you covered. This fast-paced sinister mystery is for the readers who enjoy figuring out the puzzle. Read more to find out if this is your next read afterall. - “Ms. Ice Sandwich” Book Review” Surreal Loneliness Explored in 100 Pages
Looking to read more Japanese fiction or just get started with it? This coming-of-age novella by the acclaimed Mieko Kawakami is perfect for you. “Ms. Ice Sandwich” captures the adolescent wonder and reflects the Japanese society in all its llittle details. Read more to find out your next read. - “Dinner at the Night Library” Book Review: Cozy Bookish-Foodie Mystery
“Dinner at the Night Library” by Hika Harada is a book for the book lovers. You get a glimpse of library operations of this unique place with all its nuances. You get a cozy mystery to go along with it too. Read more to know if this one is for you. - “Winter in Sokcho” Book Review: The Ultimate Winter Read
“Winter in Sokcho” by Elisa Shua Dusapin captures the essence of winter in a quiet town as the wind blows in new possibilities. French-Korean identity of the narrator takes central stage in this French translated fiction and portrays the existence in limbo in all its gory details. Atmospheric and profound, this book has the potential for becoming your best winter read. - “Hot Milk” Book Review: Why it Remains Relevant a Decade Later
Sofia is unable to let her failures go and start anew in life. Stuck in a caregiver position for her mother’s mysterious illness, she reevaluates life from the Spanish coast of Almeria to the Greek capital of Athens. The movie adaptation of “Hot Milk” starring Emma Mackey has the literary world looking back at this decade old Booker Prize Shortlist book. - “Immaculate Conception” Book Review: futuristic body horror but make it artistic
How far will you go for jealousy? How long is an art really yours? And can techonology really suplant humans as creators? Ling Ling Huang asks important questions in her latest Dark Academia, tech-Dystopia book “Immaculate Conception”. Find out if it is worth reading here. - “The Rest of Our Lives” Book Review: On a Roadtrip with Mid-Life crisis
What happens when you go on a roadtrip with your unrealised dreams in your 50s? Benjamin Markovits’ “The Rest of Our Lives” is a portrayal of an ageing generation coming face-to-face with their realities. Health, career, family, the balancing act might be over. Read more to find out if this book is for you. - “Hunger” Book Review: Choi Jin-Young Brings Cannibalism to Critique Capitalism
“Hunger” brings out the hunger of the world for labour in a capitalistic society through a lover’s cannibalism of their other half. This could have been a simple love story, but it isn’t. Find out more about the book here. - “The Everlasting” Book Review: Time-loop Romance meets Political Dystopia
Alix E. Harrow has weaved a timeless tale of love, freedom, history and power. “The Everlasting” is one of the most anticipated books of 2025. Read if it delivers on the hype or not here. - “Flesh” Book Review: The Booker Prize Shortlist Series (Winner 2025)
Not all books are for everyone. “Flesh” by David Szalay did not appeal to me to the point that I was put in a reading slump after this. Find out why in the full review.
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