Do Not Feed The Bear
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A life-affirming novel about broken but loving families, people making mistakes but doing their...
Starfish
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Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes...
The Difficulty of Breathing
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Has the man in the moon ever whispered to you? Did you ever wondered what happened to your white...
YA Coming of Age LGBTQ
Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar #7)
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Life isn't going well for Myron Bolitar. His business is struggling, and his father, recently...
The First Secret (Hidden Portals Trilogy #2)
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Some secrets are best left buried. All Iris ever wanted was to have a peaceful life. Living...
Paranormal Romance
ClareR (6106 KP) rated Other Names for Love in Books
Jan 28, 2023
I think at the heart of this is the need of the main character to be accepted for who he is: his personality, his sexuality, his life choices. He doesn’t want to carry on with the family businesses of either farming or politics, and he likes his life in London. This is only reinforced for him when he needs to go back to see his ailing father.
The language is evocative of the places and times, especially when Fahad is living in the countryside. It’s a place that’s barely contained - the jungle wants to reclaim the farmland, much like Fahad wanting to claim his own life.
You can feel how repressed Fahad is by cultural and familial expectations, as much as the oppressive heat seems to smother him as well.
I enjoyed this melancholy read, and look forward to seeing what the author writes next
The Island
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It was just supposed to be a family vacation. A terrible accident changed everything. You...
Milleen (47 KP) rated City of Friends in Books
Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)
The Soul of Football: One Man's Story of Football, Family and Faith
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'Hello, John. It's Mike here from 6th Rhyl. I've not heard from you, but I assume the game's off in...
The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
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Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 in Bournemouth in a house inappropriately named 'Sunny Lawn'. Her...