Black Coffee and Grey Stories

Category: Book Review

  • “Happy Reading # 14”

    How should you live your life? What is it that truly makes us happy? Do we really have a choice over our life decisions, or are we just playing the cards we are dealt? Is age a factor in making decisions when it comes to love or passion? Should age stop me from doing something…

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  • “Happy Reading #13”

    Burial Rites by Hannah Kent If I could choose a dream profession, I would pick the job of a storyteller. I love telling stories and listening to stories. Growing up, my favorite part of road trips was my dad and mom telling us their forgotten stories. They were always such diverse topics, and I remember…

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  • “Happy Reading # 12”

    “OTHER BIRDS by Sarah Addison Allen” Other Birds transports you to a calm and serene life of community living surrounded by characteristic trees. Trees that are primarily maintained with exceptional care for the beautiful turquoise birds. It is a story about love weaved with imagination. For most of our lives, we are learning to accept…

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  • “Happy Reading #11”

    The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune Firstly, I just realized that I am writing a book review after almost a year. So my apologies if it isn’t written well. I try to practice writing reviews but I can never give any book a dull review. Almost all of them are worth…

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  • “2 words story”

    “Educated By Tara Westover” Book Appreciation I am currently reading ‘Educated ‘by Tara Westover. And I could not wait to write about this one. Below are a few lines written in appreciation of this fantastic book. It is brilliantly written and one of the best memoirs I have ever read. It is inspiring and painful,…

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  • “Happy Reading #10”

    This is Going to Hurt By Adam Kay To write or to read. This one is a constant and extremely real struggle in my daily life. And I am not ashamed to say that reading wins a tiny bit more than writing. But sometimes I come across certain books that only inspire me to continue…

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  • Happy Reading # 9

    The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros I want to be like the waves on the sea, like the clouds in the wind, but I’m me. One day I’ll jump out of my skin. I’ll shake the sky like a hundred violins. This is one of the few poems in the book that will…

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  • Happy Reading # 8

    A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham A thriller about a serial killer. Story narrated from the point of view of the killer’s daughter. A page turner with twists and surprises that keep you gripped to the book. Not once it feels like the plot diverted to a random moment that wasn’t required. In…

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  • “What my mother and I don’t talk about!”

    By Michele Filgate I picked this one because, in some ways, I was hoping it will help me accept my own twisted once an emotionally dependent relationship with my mother. I am the oldest of the three siblings. Therefore, for many reasons, I believe that I was the tester kid of my parents. I feel…

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  • “Happy Reading # 7”

    A Book appreciation write-up. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

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