Castle to Castle.

Castle to Castle is an autobiographical novel focusing on Louis-Ferdinand Céline's years in exile f.....
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The Remains of the Day.

The Remains of the Day is about a butler's thwarted life and him coming to the realization that th.....
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Breasts and Eggs.

Mieko Kawakami's book Breasts and Eggs is the sum of two novellas published separately several year.....
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Sentimental Education.

Sentimental Education, published in 1869, has officially become my favourite Gustave Flaubert's nov.....
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Time's Convert.

On Time's Convert back cover the reader is given the promise that the plot will focus on Phoebe Tay.....
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Lavinia.

If like me you learnt Latin when you were young, chances are you probably had to read Virgil's long.....
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The Girl and The Stars.

It might come as a surprise but I hadn't heard anything about Mark Lawrence and his previous works .....
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Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman.

An in-depth biography of one of the most resilient, intelligent and wittiest monarchs of the 18th c.....
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Petit Pays.

Gaël Faye, singer, rapper and musician, chose the novel as a medium to evoke his own childhood.....
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My book review rating system

   5 golden books = Amazing reading experience

   4 silver books = Great reading experience

   3 bronze books = Satisfying reading experience

  2 lilac books = Unsatisfying reading experience

  1 dark green book = Disappointing reading experience