african psycho by alain mabanckou

“Yes, I love vulgarity. I claim it loud and clear. I love it because only it says what we are, without hideous masks we wear by nature, which turns us into mean beings, hypocrites, ceaselessly running after decency, a quality I couln’t care less about.” I know, I know. I haven’t been posting much, but […]

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the heretic queen by michelle moran

“If the gods cannot recognize your names,” she warned, “they will never hear your prayers.” First, I wanna say I’m sorry for the long hiatus and for the long wait because I’ve been hyping this review up on my Instagram for too long, despite putting it off as well and pushing it away further and […]

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and i darken by kiersten white (the conquerers saga, #1)

“They are less than the mud. You do not get angry at the mud for clinging to your shoe. You wipe it off and never look at it again.” Raise your hand if you’re a big fan of historical fiction! I see myself as one, too. Theres something about the genre that really sucks me […]

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the dumb house by john burnside

“No one could say it was my choice to kill the twins, any more than it was my decision to bring them into the world.” When I first stumbled upon this book, I had the impression that this would be another cheesy horror novel. But upon reading the synopsis and the reviews, I was very […]

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blood red, snow white by marcus sedgwick

“Let me tell you a fairy tale. I used to tell stories like this all the time; it used to be so important. It even saved my life once. Now let me see, how do fairy tales begin?” My first Sedgwick novel was back in June 2015. Like this one, it was historical fiction, but […]

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