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Review Archive

Here you can find all of our past book reviews.

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Review of Enchanted Islands by Laura Coffey

I must first say that the hardback copy of this book is absolutely beautiful. Each chapter transports us somewhere new and is bookended...

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Review of The Chain by Chimene Suleyman

If you read one book this month, this year, let it be this one. Strap in and join the chain. This is a debut memoir that had me gripped...

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Review of Learning to Think by Tracy King

Having grown up in poverty surrounded by grief and anxiety, Tracy tells her story of how she and her family battled hardships graver than...

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Review of Bad Influence: Reflections on a Life Lived Online by Oenone Forbat

Having built a career online, influencer Oenone Forbat candidly discloses the highs and lows of exposing her life for the the judgement...

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Review of This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright

This Ragged Grace is a beautifully written memoir traversing Octavia Bright's experience with alcoholism and her father's decline into...

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Review of Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise

Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking is a memoir from Marianne Eloise that gives an insight into neurodiversity with honesty and humor....

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Review of An Indigo Summer by Ellie Evelyn Orrell

Set in North Wales, this is a memoir of Ellie Evelyn Orrell's return home to practice indigo dyeing with her mother in late summer. The...

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Review of Love Me Tender by Constance Debre

Set in Paris, this debut is autofiction about a strained relationship between mother and son. When Constance's ex-husband takes her to...

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