Tag: writing
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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
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,…
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The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
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…
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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…
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A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth isn’t just a book I read- it’s one I’ll return to again and again, not just this year, but for the rest of my life. It was a wake-up call: a gentle but firm invitation to wake up to myself- not the story I tell about who I am, but the quiet,…
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Deep Work by Cal Newport
From the very first page, I felt seen. Not because the book accused me, but because it named something I’d been ignoring: that my phone isn’t a tool I use — it’s a master I serve. I check it while waiting for the kettle to boil. I check it while walking to the store. I check it…
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