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Christmas Book Haul! {Blogmas Day- 24.}

 Hello Loves!  &  Happy Christmas Eve to You.  I hope you are feeling sufficiently Merry and Festive!  :)  Two days ago, I went to a bookshop, a proper physical bookshop after agesss, like years and of course I had to buy some books, what am I a monster? No. I bought some books and let's see what I got.  I am calling this my Christmas Book Haul!  The new Upamanyu Chatterjee, this is a literary thriller and when done right, I tend to love this genre. Plus, I have read him before and I had this book on my radar since it came out a few months ago. Love how trippy this cover is. This something both me and my sister want to read come January.  I won't lie, this book was initially a cover pick, as in I found myself pulling this one out because look at these damn colours! So pretty! This chunky little beauty also has a mystery element and a queer love equation.  Sounds interesting and I can't wait to read it soon.  This is not exactly ...

Book Review: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

  Book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club  Author: Malinda Lo  Pages: 366 Read on: Kindle  Read in: 3 hours  Plot Summary:  Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father - despite his hard-won citizenship - Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day .  Things I Liked:  1. The premise of this book sounded  really  interesting. A historical fiction novel with a focus on the Chinese American community at the  height of the 'Red Scare' of the mid-1950s. A teenaged lesbian protagonist. There are very few books out there, if ...