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October 18, 2018

MIRAGE by Somaiya Daud

October 18, 2018

Book cover & rating - MIRAGE by Somaiya DaudFor some reason, I’ve had a significant slow down with YA novels this year. I’ve just not been able to settle down and focus on reading, no matter how intriguing various books sound. Most of the time I’ve resorted to audiobooks for which I tend to pick non-fiction books. Thanks to a long haul flight though, I had no distractions to keep me from Mirage. I was happily entertained.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, betrayal, bi- or multiracial characters, diverse authors, diverse books, doppelganger, ethnicity, family myth, friendship, grandparents, insurgency, kidnapping, nobility, poetry, politics, racism, romance, secrets

October 6, 2018

NOT THE GIRLS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR by Aminah Mae Safi

October 6, 2018

Book cover & rating - NOT THE GIRLS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR by Aminah Mae SafiNot the Girls You’re Looking For is way more hard hitting than I had expected. Based on the synopsis I thought it’d be a fun, fluffy high school read with a dash of drama. Sure, there’s drama and the prose is typical of that sort of book but it is a whole lot more intense.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, bi- or multiracial characters, dating, diverse authors, diverse books, family, friendship, high school, muslim characters, ramadan, relatives, religion, romance, social media

September 2, 2018

LEGENDARY by Stephanie Garber

September 2, 2018

Book cover & rating - Legendary by Stephanie GarberIn 2017, I counted Caraval to my favourites of the year. It’s no wonder that I was super excited for the sequel. Thus, it’s with a heavy heart that I’m rating it 3 out of 5 stars. The problem for me was that Legendary was more of the same. Now, more of the same should be a great thing if you loved the original. So what went wrong?

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: betrayal, family, magic, romance, secrets, sisters

August 9, 2018

SUICIDE CLUB by Rachel Heng

August 9, 2018

Book cover & rating - SUICIDE CLUB by Rachel HengIf you could live for hundreds of years, if not, forever, would you want to? In Suicide Club, those who deserve it are given immortality. In exchange, they have to take good care of their health — eat well, exercise and all that jazz. What I liked about this premise was that it plays on our contemporary obsession with health and wellness. Food diet movements abound from “clean eating” to keto to paleo, claiming to detox, strengthen the immune system, etc. Rachel Heng pushed these ideal to the extreme in her futuristic science fiction novel set in New York City.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: death, diverse authors, diverse books, euthanasia, fathers and daughters, health, inequality, life, memories, mental institution, on the run, secrets, singaporean authors, suicide, utopia, violence, work life

July 25, 2018

PONTI by Sharlene Teo

July 25, 2018

Book cover & rating - Ponti by Sharlene TeoSharlene Teo writes well and chooses her words very precisely. Her prose is at once cutting, yet atmospheric, which fit Ponti well. Teo’s very talented and the years of hard work she put into honing her craft are evident in her debut novel.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: acting and actors, ambition, clairvoyants, death, diverse authors, diverse books, family myth, family problems, friendship, high school, history, loneliness, memories, mental health, mothers and daughters, poc characters, singaporean authors, work life

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