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At Forests and Fiction, I write about books (and other things) that I love
In 2021 I began reading for pleasure again for the first time in a decade. What started as a passive hobby is now a full-fledged passion.
Reading is a wonderful release for me that opens so many worlds and possibilities. Forests and Fiction serves as a place to celebrate this passion alongside the other things that bring joy in my life as well.
LATEST POSTS
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Book Review: One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake
Even knowing that this was a Romeo and Juliet retelling, I have to say that I was not emotionally prepared for the devastation that Olivie Blake would wreak on my soul with this book. Blake has a specific talent for crafting dark and complicated characters and exploring them in-depth, and One For My Enemy exemplified…
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An Ode To Travel (And To Coming Home)
Like most people, I barely travelled at all between 2020-2022. This is a sharp contrast to how I’d been living my life before the pandemic. I’m fortunate to work in a job that has helped me see the world, above and beyond the travel I’ve prioritized in my personal life, which was not insignificant. When…
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Book Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably Bright Creatures presents a really weird premise: a story told, in part, from the perspective of an octopus at a local aquarium. The premise is so odd that I never would have guessed that it would be one of the most heartfelt stories that I’d read this year.
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Book Review: The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
I want to start this review by saying this might be my favourite fantasy of the year. I didn’t know a whole lot about this book when I received it in my Illumicrate subscription, but it exceeded every expectation that I had and completely sucked me in, leaving me feeling like I couldn’t come up…
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Book Review: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Starter Villain was one of my most anticipated releases of September, so I was thrilled when I received a complimentary ARC from Net Galley and Tor Books. Much to my delight, this book turned out to be everything I wanted it to be and then some.
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Book Review: Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Olivie Blake has done it again. There hasn’t been a single book of hers that I haven’t loved, and Masters of Death was no different. This book was weird, wonderful, and emotional. Full of her signature writing style, which is introspective and clever and plays a little with the traditional form of a novel, you’re…
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