Fiction
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Sweet Bean Paste – The Meaning of Life?
“Is a life worth living even if it doesn’t seem to offer any value to anyone? This beautiful book by Durian Sukegawa (real name…
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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Dystopian fiction has become a difficult read for me at this stage of my life. The hopelessness and suffering depicted in these stories trigger…
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Malice – Another gem from Higashino
Keigo Higashino is referred as ‘the Japanese Stieg Larsson’ on the cover of this book. I think this is a very bizarre comparison if…
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The Goldfinch – A very short review of a rather long book
I just finished “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tart. A really bulky book (784 pages) and on top of it this is a very slow…
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Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hours Bookstore – A nostalgic read
Some places might not be very exotic, scenic or on people’s list of must see-must visit but often they offer something that many places…
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Decoded – An Unusual Thriller
Although, Decoded blurb and reviews considered the book to be a thriller, it is surely not a thriller in the traditional sense. It is…
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Night Train to Lisbon
Some stories gradually grow on you and some characters seem that they have been made from ingredients picked from your own life. And when…