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• Best Books I Read 2025

  

  I had a couple of underwhelming reading years in the past but 2024 was excellent. I can’t remember why I never posted my best of that year but, sadly, I didn’t. Read more

  The 06 January 2026 by   Caroline
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• Wild and Free

  

  Once a year or so I choose an audiobook to listen to that is NOT for my children. I have an auditory processing disorder, which makes listening hard; but as a... Read more

  The 20 January 2026 by   Akklemm
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• New Release! the Sisters Holiday by Jayne Bamber

  

  Hello, readers! It’s such a treat to be back at My Jane Austen Book Club to share my upcoming release, The Sisters’ Holiday, which is coming to Kindle next... Read more

  The 06 January 2026 by   Mariagrazia
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• Yunhui-ege (Moonlit Winter)

  

  The snow in the Hokkaido town of Otaru builds up in dunes, covering sidewalks and cars. One of the main character’s aunt describes what it means to live with... Read more

  The 26 January 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Happyend

  

  Neo Sora’s Happyend, about a friendship between a group of high schoolers and more intimately about two boys who have known each other for years but are now... Read more

  The 13 January 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Chan Hang Rawang Rao (Flat Girls)

  

  I don’t know what a good entry point for writing about this film is: it hit me as a complete surprise, the kind of quiet story that gets stuck in your brain... Read more

  The 12 January 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value)

  

  I wrote it for you. You're the only one who can play it.So with the house empty and the doors locked and the mattresses rolled round, those stray airs, advance... Read more

  The 08 January 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Daedosiui Sarangbeob (Love in the Big City)

  

  Starting this new year with a film that I knew nothing about before watching it has been a genuine joy and surprise. I was motivated by falling down a... Read more

  The 07 January 2026 by   Cathy Leaves
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• To All the Living (1945) by Monica Felton

  

  Book review by George Simmers: This is a big thick example of one of my favourite middlebrow genres. It reminded me of South Riding and National Provincial – bi... Read more

  The 13 January 2026 by   Erica
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• Friends

  

  . Some come "with benefits", as in the euphemistically titled 2011 romantic comedy about casual relationships. They imply good times. Read more

  The 31 January 2026 by   Ashleylister
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