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As Red as Blood

As Red as Blood: The Snow White Trilogy #1
by Salla Simukka

dull and boring (3/12/2018)

The book "As Red as Blood brought zero attention to me, and as I read I would find myself not looking at the book anymore. The book just doesn't suck you in.

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Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

Praised by Parade and The New York Times Book Review, this debut features a 1960s scientist turned TV cooking star.

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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