The Honeyman and the Hunter: a coming-of-age story and coming to terms with family
What is this about?: Rudra and his parents live in a small town where his father Cord is a fisherman and his mother, Nayna,…
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The Flatshare: Everything you’ve heard about how funny and wonderful this is? It’s all true!
What is this about?: Tiffy finds herself in dire straits enough to consider sharing a bed and a flat with Leon, a nurse who…
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How it feels to float: grief, mental illness and figuring it all out
What is this book about?: This book is about Biz, about the face she presents to the world that says all the right things…
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Not Bad People: a story of friendship, secrets and well, a plane crash
What is this about?: Aimee, Melinda and Lou have a friendship that has stood the test of time, and now on the even of a…
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Thirteen: a legal thriller that saves itself despite explaining way too much about the bad guy
What is this about?: Eddie Flynn is defending a young film star on a double murder. Which would be fine enough as it is,…
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#5Books: Book recs and Delhi Crime, a Netflix series
Recently, I finished watching Delhi Crime, a series on Netflix that was inspired by a crime that shocked India and the world in 2012….
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On the Come Up: A story about staying true to yourself in a world that wants you to be someone else
What is this about?: Bri is going to make it big as a rapper — she has to in order to help her mother…
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Gingerbread: Magical realism, magical writing but this genre still eludes me
What is this about?: At her mother Harriet’s knee, so to speak, Perdita learns of her mother’s life in a land that no one…
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#MeToo: Stories from the Australian Movement
What is this about?: This book is a collection of essays from women, and a man, in Australia who experienced sexual abuse, harassment at…
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The Third Victim: a twisty legal thriller of goodness
What is this about?: Robin Lockwood has joined a new firm and found herself in the middle of a murder trial that is the…
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