This book was a roller coaster of emotions, culminating in the equivalent of a huge tidal wave crashing against a boulder, scattering into indiscernible droplets of water.
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The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino
Spoiler alert
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Asterix the Gaul (#1)
Anthea Bell
It's been a long time coming but I finally got around to starting with the Asterix comics! Asterix the Gaul was hilarious - a classic tale of outwitting the enemy army with sheer cunning (and a little bit of magic, of course), I couldn't help but draw parallels with the...
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A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
I find myself shaking my head in amazement, shuddering as I write this. This was one hell of a journey. I started this having finished a few Sanderson books and my head was full of magic systems and I somehow led myself to believe that this book was along those...
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Republic of Thieves
Scott Lynch
Disclaimer – SPOILER ALERT
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Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson
The second book in the Wax and Wayne trilogy (Not sure if there’s a fourth book to come?) is titled “Shadows of Self” and is titled so, in my opinion, because there’s some heavy introspection that goes on in this book – both on Wax and Wayne’s part. We get...
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Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Yes, there are spoilers. Please don’t read this if you haven’t already read the book and intend to. Charlie was just a guy who wanted to fit in, you know? He just wanted to be smart “like everyone else” and understand what people said and..fit in. That’s why he tried...
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Agatha Christie
*No spoilers The 23rd Hercule Poirot story, but only the fourth Christie I’ve ever read. Perhaps I should have started in sequence of publication, I don’t know, but no matter. The story here begins with pain. Dental pain that Hercule Poirot faces, like every man and is eyeing his fellow...
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