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Eliza Victoria, Mervin Malonzo: After Lambana : a Graphic Novel (2022, Tuttle Publishing)

James Hamblin: Clean (Hardcover, 2020, Riverhead Books)

No cover — Jonathan W. Silvertown: Dinner with Darwin (2017)

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faticake finished reading Looking back by Ambeth R. Ocampo

Ambeth R. Ocampo: Looking back (2010, Anvil Publishing Inc.)

Looking back by Ambeth R. Ocampo

faticake started reading Noli me Tangere by José Rizal

José Rizal: Noli me Tangere (EBook, S.N.)

Noli me Tangere by José Rizal

Noli Me Tangere es el texto más célebre de José Rizal. Rizal escribió su novela sobre la sociedad filipina del …

faticake wants to read Good Girl by Aria Aber

faticake rated La perdida: 3 stars

Jessica Abel: La perdida (2006, Pantheon Book)

faticake rated The Maid: 3 stars

Nita Prose: The Maid (Paperback, 2022, Random House Large Print)

The Maid by Nita Prose

I am your maid. I know about your secrets. Your dirty laundry. But what do you know about me?

Molly …

faticake rated Everything Sad Is Untrue: 5 stars

Daniel Nayeri: Everything Sad Is Untrue (EBook, 2020, Levine Querido)

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

faticake rated The Twist of the Knife: 4 stars

Anthony Horowitz: The Twist of the Knife (Hardcover, 2022, Harper)

The Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz

faticake rated Shadow Of The Wind: 4 stars

Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Shadow Of The Wind (Paperback, 2018, Penguin)

Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de …

faticake rated A Line to Kill: 4 stars

Anthony Horowitz: A Line to Kill (Hardcover, 2021, Harper)

A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz

faticake rated Starter Villain: 4 stars

John Scalzi: Starter Villain (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.

Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …

faticake reviewed Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the coffee gets cold (2019)

[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in …

Review of 'Before the coffee gets cold' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I didnâ€™t have high hopes for this book because Iâ€™m jaded when it comes to how women are portrayed in Japanese media, and it didnâ€™t help that the author was a man. I was willing to give it a chance though (well, tbh it was our book clubâ€™s pick so I kind of didnâ€™t have a choice), but I found the story uninspired, filled with stereotypical characterization Iâ€™ve encountered in Japanese stories. Maybe, just maybe, Japanese men should let Japanese women tell stories about themselves and their experiences.

Edit: I didâ€™t even go into the actual writing. Technically, this was bad. So much repetition and unnecessary descriptions.