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Sunday, 11 October 2026

Review: All We Have Left

All We Have Left by Emily Paxman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set thirty years after the world has gone to the dogs, Kayla Hollins and her little sister April has been managing to survive in the wilderness, doing whatever they need to do to keep living each day. But then April starts becoming ill and she knows that they need more help than they can get on their own. So they travel to the one place she knows has a possible working hospital, Salt Spring Island, despite hearing the rumours about the place over the years, she doesn't have much choice when her sister is in need, Kayla has very little options, even if the utopia of being safe on the island comes at a price.

Once there, Kayla's checkered past comes to haunt her and makes things difficult for her with her immigration worker. But with the arrival of Sid and his rag tag bunch of boys, it could mean the change for Kayla that she needs, even if she has to surrender things of herself for her sister, she will do anything to protect her, even if it means putting her own heart on the line.

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Review: Saltcrop

Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When faced with a sister who is missing, younger sister Skipper wants to do everything that she can to try and find her, even if it means having to share the small space of her boat with her middle sister Carmen. Putting aside their differences, they both set out in search of Nora, trying to track down her last known whereabouts before they receive a cryptic message from her, pleading for help.
With the unknown ahead of them, and danger lurking about every turn they take, both Skipper and Carmem starts to question just how well they really know their older sister with each new piece of information that comes across their laps.

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Sunday, 4 October 2026

Review: One Yellow Eye

One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One Yellow Eye is a great novel, based in London after a zombie outbreak, following Kesta Shelley who has spent years looking through a microscope for her work instead of creating relationships until she met her husband Tim, who became her everything until he is one of the last few to be infected during the last weeks of the outbreak.
Facing danger and the risk of being found out, Kesta hides her husband in their spare bedroom, sedated and medicated with stolen supplies from the hospital she works at. She has high hopes that a cure will be found and that Tim will come back to her like he was before, even if it means doing dangerous things, letting herself change in both her behaviour and appearance.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Review: Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I have to admit that I really struggled with this book, the way the text seemed to jump around and sudden dialog that didn't really have any content to do with what was going on. It all just felt too jumbled up for me to really enjoy or follow along with.

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Friday, 25 September 2026

Review: Good Omens

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An Angel and Demon who has been on earth for too long, the antichrist who has been misplaced, witches and her prophecies and the end of the world, all happening in dear old England.
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman has created a world where there's something for everyone, no matter what your age. Filled with ups and downs and not as many biblical terms as you expect, Good Omens is a fun read.

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Saturday, 19 September 2026

Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

1984 is one of those novels in which, most people have read while in high school, I was luckily enough not too which I think made it all that better for me to read, even with the slight struggle I had with the book at the start.
As I read it, I couldn't help but think about North Korea and all the things in which I have heard about the country, like the government being able to hear the things going on in homes and only having the one radio station to listen too.

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