Bottles of Books
Erika Janet


after the quake - Haruki Murakami [Book Review]
after the quake by Haruki Murakami is a collection of short stories written in the late 90s-early 2000s as a response to the Kobe...

Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Set in Nigeria during the 1990s and early 2000s, Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ follows Yejide and Akin on their troubled path to...

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker [Book Review]
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is one of the most discussed and praised non-fiction books of the genre since its release in 2017, with...

Soulwanderer by Tina Wittendorf Mortensen [Book Review]
Soulwanderer by Tina Wittendorff Mortensen follows Melerina in a life underwater, the only world she knows. Already feeling different to...

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor [Book Review]
[Content Warnings: rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, blood, body horror, child abuse, confinement, death, holocaust, genocide,...

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson [Book Review]
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson is the most brutal self-help book you will ever read. From intense swearing to...

Promise: A Book of Death by David Applebury
[Content Warnings: blood, caner, child death, death, death of parents, genocide, gore, slavery, terminal illness, violence, war] Promise:...

Shame on me by Tessa McWatt [Book Review]
Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt is an autobiography of her life, but instead of chronologically following...

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho [Book Review]
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho follows Santiago, who has planned to live his whole life as a shepherd, but a surprise visit from a man...

Animal by Sara Pascoe [Book Review]
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe is a hilarious semi-autobiographical, semi-educational book about her...

Droplets of my Soul by Nedu Kels [Book Review]
*Content Warning: child abuse, rape, sexual assault, suicide, suicidal thoughts, alcoholism, blood, bullying, child death, death,...

Resurgent by T.L. Riffey [Book Review]
Resurgent by Tina Riffey is a science fiction short story about a society decades after a holy war and genocide. The Death Cult have been...

These Three Words by Jess Van Der Hoech [Book Review]
These Three Words by Jess van der Hoech follows the life of Luna-Ray, a 15-year-old English student who’s keeping a secret from her...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne [Book Review]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne is a 19th century novel following Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel. The two,...

Circe by Madeline Miller [Book Review]
*Trigger Warning: Rape, violence, loss, war and death* Circe by Madeline Miller is what I needed to end my 2020. The perfect mix of...

Grevy Danger by Victoria Tait [Book Review]
*This book has been kindly gifted to me by Voracious Reader Only in exchange for an honest review* ~ Trigger Warnings: death, murder,...

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow by D.E. Night [Book Review]
*This book has been kindly given to me pre-publication via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.* The Girl...

Midnight Train to Prague by Carol Windley [Book Review]
*This book has been kindly given to me pre-publication via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.* Midnight...

I'm With the Bears by Bill McKibben and Others [Book Review]
I’m With the Bears by Bill McKibben and Others is a collection of short stories surrounding the planet and the ecological crisis it is...
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