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Strange Pictures by Uketsu – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 24, 2025October 19, 2025

Strange Pictures is my second read by mysterious Japanese author, Uketsu. The other was Strange…

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  • Fiction

Strange Houses by Uketsu – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 7, 2025September 24, 2025

While browsing in Foyles book shop, I saw a table display dedicated to Strange Houses…

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  • Fantasy

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk – Book Review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on March 25, 2025March 21, 2025

Thirst covers a topic I haven’t read about in a long time – vampires. Translated…

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  • Dystopian

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 9, 2024October 4, 2024

I Who Have Never Known Men – what a book! Published originally in French in…

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  • Crime

Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 3, 2024August 31, 2024

Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson is my first ever translated Icelandic read. As…

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  • Fiction

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 27, 2023September 25, 2023

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is the latest book set in the magical…

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  • Fiction

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on January 2, 2023May 27, 2023

I read Lie With Me on NYE, coming in at 148 pages it’s a perfect…

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 3, 2022October 2, 2022

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo (translated from its original Korean by Jamie Chang)…

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  • Fiction

Grown Ups by Marie Aubert – Book review

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on April 19, 2022April 18, 2022

Grown Ups is a short, sharp slice of family drama, taking place over a few…

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