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Uzumaki (1998) By Junji Ito
"Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals." I would not classify myself as an avid reader of manga, however, the works of Junji...
May 1, 20231 min read


The Bullet That Missed (2022) By Richard Osman
"Nothing like lying in your grave with a bullet hole through your head to make you think about your life." Book 3 in 'The Thursday Murder...
Apr 23, 20232 min read


The Story Of Mary MacLane (1902) By Mary MacLane
"People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis." Mary MacLane is...
Mar 21, 20231 min read


The Man Who Died Twice (2021) By Richard Osman
"More women are murdering people these days...If you ignore the context, it is a real sign of progress." Having raced through Richard...
Feb 14, 20233 min read


The Thursday Murder Club (2020) By Richard Osman
“In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you.” Prior to reading...
Feb 4, 20232 min read


The Judgement (1912) By Franz Kafka
"I can't fashion myself into a different person who might be better suited to be his friend." Published in 1912, 'The Judgement' is short...
Jan 7, 20231 min read


In The Penal Colony (1919) By Franz Kafka
"How we drank in the transfigured look on the sufferer's face, how we bathed our cheeks in the warmth of that justice- achieved at long...
Jan 6, 20232 min read


The Metamorphosis (1915) By Franz Kafka
"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug…"...
Jan 4, 20232 min read


Speak (2015) By Louisa Hall
Originally posted 2nd March 2022. "We can break step. Magnificent living beings that we are, we humans are free to unravel our patterns."...
Nov 15, 20221 min read

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Frankenstein [or] The Modern Prometheus (1818) By Mary Shelley
"Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?" Few books can lay claim to being as...
Nov 13, 20222 min read


Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (1968) By Philip K. Dick
"You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity....
Aug 13, 20221 min read


Trinity (2018) By Louisa Hall
"To come to the realization that the very aim of understanding an individual...might be inherently impossible." I have to admit, this...
Aug 3, 20221 min read


Inside Broadmoor (2019) By Jonathan Levi & Emma French
Review by Ridley Coote "Broadmoor will never finish, Broadmoor is here forever." No mental health institution, nor prison for that...
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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