Tag: magical realism recommendations
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Review – Water Moon – Samantha Sotto Yambao
Set in a pawn shop like no other, patrons can pawn their regrets and the owners will relieve them of them, with their own use for these regrets. If you’re looking for something cosy with beautiful settings, delicate delivery and a twisty plot, then this is the book for you.
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Review – Family Lore – Elizabeth Acevedo
A family of women with magical powers, ranging from foreseeing deaths to alpha vaginas, what more could you want in a novel? Acevedo’s adult novel is absolutely exquisite, I need more.
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Books for the Girls – Books to Break You
Books for the girls is inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence, which looks at the experience of womanhood through many lenses and was just brilliant. Up first is books that will break you (and maybe your heart too) but will put you back together again.
The Bookish Mindset 