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Kwana Jackson recommended (Im)Perfectly Happy in Books (curated)

 
(Im)Perfectly Happy
(Im)Perfectly Happy
Sharina Harris | 2020 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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"This debut from Sharina Harris shines, giving me warm feelings of Waiting to Exhale set in present day. Raina, Kara, Nikki, and Sienna—the lifelong best friends in this novel—quickly become yours too. You know these women and feel their emotions."

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John Lithgow recommended The Blind Assassin in Books (curated)

 
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry
7.8 (4 Ratings)
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"Atwood keeps several plates spinning in this engrossing novel. What a gleeful storyteller she is. Her book is part family saga and part Gothic fantasy, with a plot twist near the end which casts the whole book in a dazzling new light."

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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
7.8 (6 Ratings)
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"Of course, the black body exists within a wider black culture — one Hurston portrayed with grace and insight in this seminal novel. She defies racist Americans who would standardize the cultures of white people or sanitize, eroticize, erase or assimilate those of blacks."

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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.3 (66 Ratings)
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Alice Sebold's novel is told from the perspective of a dead girl, and yet it is still a lively story. You can read my full review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/29/no-bones-about-it-this-is-a-lovely-book/
  
The Fourth Hand
The Fourth Hand
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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One would think that a less bloated book from Irving would mean a better one, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case with this novel. Find out why from my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/31/the-consequences-of-a-hand-job/
  
The Little Paris Bookshop
The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Simon Pare | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Nina George's charming book about a bookshop moored on the Seine in Paris takes you on a literary and emotional journey. You can read more about this novel in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/06/04/books-on-the-waters/
  
Code Name Hélène
Code Name Hélène
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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If you've never heard of Nancy Wake, now's the time to learn about her amazing life through this fantastic novel. You can read my #bookreview of Lawhon's latest work on my blog here. http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/03/27/resistance-in-red-lipstick/
  
Restless
Restless
William Boyd | 2006 | Mystery
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7.0 (2 Ratings)
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This is a psychological investigation into deception and self-discovery surrounding a spy from WW2 and her daughter 35 years later. You can read my review of this excellent novel, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/04/09/the-calm-within-the-storm/
  
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.4 (10 Ratings)
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I'm really glad I finally got around to reading something by Virginia Woolf. Mind you, maybe I should have started with something else by her, but no matter. Here's my review.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/09/01/whos-afraid-of-a-classic-novel/
  
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell, Duncan Macmillan | 1949 | Film & TV
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8.1 (104 Ratings)
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This dystopian novel tells of the world completed controlled by its government. People are constantly watched and analysed. It's scary how accurate this book is when looking at society now.
Powerful book that is still relevant and needs to be read by everyone.