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Book Reviews, Fiction

Dare to Love by A.L. Brooks

25th May 2020
Dare to Love by A.L. Brooks
- Publisher: Ylva Publishing, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 270 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
When Carmen accompanies her best friend to Ash’s tattoo studio, she isn’t looking love. She is straight and in a relationship. But when she visits her friends Tamsyn and Maggie, she finds herself reconsidering what relationships mean. After running into Ash at Alma’s during coffee break, the pair strike up a friendship. With painful past experience of falling for a straight woman, Ash is determined not to make the same mistakes again. Besides, what can their friendship possibly turn into?
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ARCs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

Heroes by Stephen Fry | ARC Review

11th March 2020
Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry’s Great Mythology #2) by Stephen Fry
- Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2020
- Genre: Mythology
- Format: Hardcover (eARC)
- Page Count: 352 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
Though the lightheartedness of the narrative does not align with my personal sense of humour, I really appreciate Fry’s attempt in making the stories simple and funny.
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Alexander McQueen by Andrew Bolton

10th August 2018
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton with contributions by Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel
- Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011
- Genre: Art
- Format: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
My collections have always been autobiographical, […].

This book is incredibly stunning. Amazed by how intuitively precise McQueen was with his work, I find the stills in this book even more breath-taking. It was a similar awing experience to glimpse one of his designs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue, several days ago.
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Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop

27th July 2018
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop
- Publisher: HarperOne, 2017
- Genre: Self-Help Book
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 224 pages
- My Rating: ⭐ (1/5)
I lost it near the end of the book: promotion of the author’s fucking money-costing program. Seriously? This is a 200+-page book and when I was about to finish reading, I realised it was some kind of goddamn ad brochure. Might have been a 2-star if not for the infuriating closing.
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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

3rd July 2018
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1), by Jen Campbell
- Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2012
- Genre: Humor
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 268 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
CUSTOMER: I’ve been looking through your geography section – I can’t find any books on Atlantis.
BOOKSELLER: You know, I think we managed to lose those.

This book is ridiculously entertaining. Years ago, I picked it up from the shelf of a local bookshop, read parts of it, and remembered to be very funny. This time, I really read and finished the book.
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