Reviews

Review : Braised Pork
Three Good Debuts to Start the Year With…

I love mixed bags and these three debuts are very different from one another. While Braised Pork …

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Ghosting and Boy—Two Slightly Foxed titles to read

I love the titles that Slightly Foxed publish and these are no exceptions. Ghosting is a behind-the-scenes

translated Indian books
Translated : Bengali Novels with Bitter Ghosts, Pulp Fiction & Circus History

A ghost who asks about a young wife’s sex life and curses her unapologetically…

review : magical women by sukanya venkatraghavan
Two South Asian SFF Books—Angry Goddesses, Witch Parties & Reborn Poets

India’s science fiction and fantasy scene is little explored, dominated so far by retellings…

Book review : Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Things in Jars — Victorian Crime Novel with Circus Freaks, Pickled Babies & Irish Folklore

The year is 1863 and London is suffocating in crime, violence…

Book review : The Heavens by Sandra Newman
The Heavens is a literary fairytale of madness, time travel, dreams and alternate worlds

Kate and Ben fall in love at a rich girl’s party. It is the summer…

Red Circle Minis feature stories from Japan - Review
The Red Circle Minis Feature Modern Japanese Stories

I have a fondness for books set in Japan. Why do I love…

Normal People by Sally Rooney
This Twitter Thread will Convince you to Read Sally Rooney’s Normal People

Normal People! Sally Rooney’s second book is one that makes you fall in love with…

Adele by Leila Slimani
Reading Leïla Slimani : a Sex crazed Woman and a Killing Nanny

Every once in a while, books that will make you take an all nighter in your adult life, get …