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• Blue Sisters

  Mellors, Coco

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  Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky's lives were turned upside down when their sister Nicky passed away suddenly. A year later, the Blue sisters are pulled back into each others' orbit, all carrying their own burdens. I found this novel particularly moving in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Material

  Alderton, Dolly

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  Struggling comedian Andy thinks his life's over when his long-term girlfriend Jen abruptly ends their relationship, for no reason that he can fathom. Told from Andy's perspective until the very last segment, in which we learn Jen's story, this novel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Feast for Crows

  Martin, George R. R., 1948-

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  This year marked the year where I finally braved my fear of gore and violence to binge the entirety of HBO's Game of Thrones. It was spawned by just how great these books are. A Feast for Crows is the fourth in the series and, while not a popular…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Storm of Swords

  Martin, George R. R., 1948-

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  Another excellent installment in A Song of Ice and Fire, this book carries much of the action and tragedy of the series. Betrayals, grizzly battles, lost limbs, and absolutely insane weddings that put even the drama-filled ones on Succession to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Hope This Finds You Well

  a Novel

  Sue, Natalie

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  A fun read with a main character who is not the best person (which I usually tend to enjoy). Jolene has long been in the habit of telling her co-workers exactly what she thinks of them in a secret white-font message at the end of her emails, until…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• People From My Neighbourhood

  Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-

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  People From My Neighbourhood is a bizarre little short-story collection about a fictional neighbourhood where anything - and I mean *anything* - can happen. I was enthralled by these weird, quirky tales.

• Dice

  Baylis, Claire

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  Kiwi author and law researcher Claire Baylis delivers a spectacular courtroom drama from the perspective of the jury members. Seeing the characters' personal biases and stories come into play as the trial progressed made for a compelling,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Victim

  a Novel

  Boryga, Andrew

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  This debut satire is both nuanced and entertaining. Javier Perez has experienced some terrible things, but he's never really viewed it as being all that bad. When he's encouraged by those around him to embellish his life story and use his trauma to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Liars

  a Novel

  Manguso, Sarah, 1974-

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  This book made me irrationally mad! But it's so good! An absorbing piece of lit-fic about the marriage between a talented writer and her artist husband.

• Ash

  Wallace, Louise, 1983-

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  Another fantastic addition to my female rage reads of this year, 'Ash' follows a woman trying to hold everything together when the world is crumbling around her. From the labours of wife- and motherhood, to the demeaning attitudes women face at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Will Never Be Me

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.

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  A fun, fast-paced thriller about online influencers that I flew through in a couple of days. It concerns ex-friends Meredith and Aspen, whose friendship crumbled after Aspen eclipsed Meredith's social media following and left her behind. Go into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Disaster Loves You

  Roper, Richard

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  I haven't found a romance novel in a long time that has caught my attention like this one - perhaps because it is not so much a typical romance book as it is about grief, loss, love, and moving forward. We follow Brian, the owner of a failing pub,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perfume

  the Story of a Murderer

  Süskind, Patrick, 1949-

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  A young boy is born with an incredible sense of smell, yet is ousted by society because he himself carries no scent. Determined to create the world's most perfect perfume, Jean-Baptiste goes to increasingly obsessive, dark lengths on the path to his…Read moreRead more of this annotation