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Book Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (OwlCrate Exclusive Edition)
I don’t often re-read novels, however, this one was that I HAD to re-read. The first time I properly read this novel was for one of my university English classes. The second time I read this novel is now: which is out of pure interest and pleasure. I had always been intrigued by Mary Shelley,…
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Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I understand that this novel won a few awards and was also nominated for others, so at one stage, I saw this book being promoted a lot. I was always intrigued by the title so I was happy to finally get my hands on a copy of this novel. So, here is my review: One…
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Book Review: Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
I discovered this book because my Instagram algorithm is getting a little bit too good and finding me content that I like. I was in the mood for high fantasy/epic fantasy/historical fantasy novels and the algorithm figured that out, and Maiya Ibrahim’s posts started to appear on my explore page. So, naturally, I looked into…
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Illumicrate May 2024 Book Review: Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
After reading Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, I was eagerly awaiting her next novel. Lucky for me, Illumicrate featured her next novel in their May 2024 Book Box. I was so excited to read and review it, so I’m glad I could finally talk about it. Now, very briefly, the reason why this review is a…
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Book Review: Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee
This is a novel that I found through social media and I was intrigued by the mention that this novel’s plot is Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl. Both Crazy Rich Asians and Gossip Girl were media that I enjoyed (especially the Crazy Rich Asians film!). So, I was intrigued. This novel was on my…
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Book Review: Lovely War by Julie Berry
If music stops, and art ceases, and beauty fades, what have we then? Lovely War This was an extremely heartbreaking yet beautiful novel and honestly, I think this novel is one of my all-time favourites. I found this novel on booktube a few years ago and I originally listened to the audiobook (which I think…
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Let’s Talk About Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Okay, so. I binge-read this series and. Well. There are a lot of things I want to talk about because THIS SERIES MADE ME EMOTIONAL (in a good way!). Now the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer is a relatively older series (I think the first book in the series was published…
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Let’s Talk About Holly Black and her ‘The Folk of the Air’ Trilogy
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse” The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) Now, I don’t know about you, but these books frustrate me so much! Both in a good way and in a bad way that is. We’ll get into why that’s so a little…
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Book Review: Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee
1 June, 2026
Illumicrate May 2024 Book Review: Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel
15 June, 2026
Book Review: Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
28 June, 2026
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