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Category: 7.5

If Cats Disappeared From the World

Posted on July 13, 2021December 29, 2025 by Grace Peterson

(Translated by Eric Selland) If you had to erase one thing from the world to live an extra day, what would it be? This is the reality of the novel’s narrator as he’s faced with the opportunity to live just a little bit longer.  The narrator, who works as a postman and lives with his cat…

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The Diary of a Bookseller

Posted on May 18, 2021December 29, 2025 by Grace Peterson

Quick disclaimer: I am often visually aware of a book even if I don’t remember its title, so in this way I think it helps to see the covers and match the review with books you might have seen crop up other places. The tricky bit is that the US and UK often have different book jackets,…

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We Were Liars

Posted on March 9, 2021December 29, 2025 by Grace Peterson

Focused on the inner-workings of a rich family in New England, We Were Liars illustrates how the implications of “favorites” and the suppression of emotion can have a shrapnel effect when tensions finally burst forth. Cousins Mirren, Johnny, and Cadence, along with their friend Gat, spend every summer on the Sinclair family island. The idyllic New Englander…

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Grace's bookshelf: read

The Things We Cannot Say
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Daisy Jones & The Six
The Book Thief
Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself
One Day in December
The Flatshare
Les Misérables
Before We Were Yours
Come Matter Here: Your Invitation to Be Here in a Getting There World
Two Steps Forward
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Ask Again, Yes
The Mountain Between Us
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Library of Lost and Found
Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding
Betsy Was a Junior / Betsy and Joe


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