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  • The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi

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    I Wanted a Man Who Saves Himself -So I Started Saving Myself If there’s ever been a book that demanded more than just reading ; that asked for strength, patience, and a whole lot of emotional recalibration, it was The Rational Male. This was a difficult read, at first. I didn’t finish it in one sitting. I…

  • The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden

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    I Forgot My Class Because of Millie PS: This is a book review 🙂 I fear I have read too many psychological thrillers, and now I am the problem.I will hand it over to Freida McFadden though; she had me gripped from the epilogue, and 100 pages into the book, I came to the stark realization that…

  • The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

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    Spoiler Alert: This review discusses key plot points, including character fates and revelations. Read only after finishing the book! Even having read the novel, I’m still genuinely confused, how in God’s name did Petra leave the house? How did her parents not hear her? That moment left me frustrated, and honestly, frustration is one of…

  • Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    Chimamanda has done it again. I didn’t expect to finish Purple Hibiscus and feel like someone had cracked open my chest and left it there, raw and trembling. It started with Jaja. One moment, he was the quiet son, the obedient one. The next, he refused. He stopped answering to his father’s voice. And that…

  • A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

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    I am writing this book review in March while navigating the chaos happening in the world, specifically the war in Iran, which has forced me to slow down these past couple of days. This deceleration brought reflection on habits I have dropped and others I have picked up, such as watching TV like a lunatic…

  • Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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    Fountainhead by Ayn Rand was not an easy read for sure. I started with the author’s note and had to use my dictionary every few statements. I remember almost giving up. But my colleague had sworn by this book, and so I had to stick it out and find out why. At one point, frustrated,…

  • Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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    This novel grabs you with suspense from the very first page. It opens with a haunting line: a girl reflects on getting a B in math, asking her mom for a tutor, and wonders, if she’d known the chain of events that one decision would unleash, would she have chosen differently? I remember thinking: Okay,…