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Month: December 2025

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Book review Food & Culture Political History

Book Review: How to Feed a Dictator — A Thrilling Exploration of Power Through Food

Books & Us EditorDecember 8, 2025

This is essential reading for anyone interested in the hidden mechanics of authoritarian rule and the ordinary lives that get swallowed by it.

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Book review Historical fiction

Book Review: The Court Dancer — A Story of Emotional Depth & Sweeping History

Books & Us EditorDecember 7, 2025

This is historical fiction at its most intimate. The Court Dancer is lush, atmospheric, and heartbreakingly human

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Book review Contemporary fiction Romance

Book Review: Every Summer After — A Second-Chance Romance About the Seasons We Never Forget

Books & Us EditorDecember 6, 2025

This is a must-read for anyone who believes that some people stay with us — in memory, in regret, in love — long after the season ends.

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Book review Contemporary fiction

Book Review: The Midnight Library — A World of Infinite Possibilities

Books & Us EditorDecember 4, 2025

Matt Haig invites us into a world of infinite possibilities, only to lead us gently back to the one possibility that matters most.

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Book review Comedy Magical Realism Romance

Book Review: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels – A Hilariously Unhinged Romp

Books & Us EditorDecember 2, 2025

If you’re looking for something truly unique to lift you out of a reading slump, this is the romp you didn’t know you needed.

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Book Review: Meddling and Murder — A Mystery That Feeds You Literally & Figuratively

Books & Us EditorDecember 1, 2025

Yu doesn’t just deliver “another murder mystery”; she wraps it in localisation, culture, food, and social commentary.

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Book Review: I’ll Be Right There — A Poignant, Soul-Stirring Masterpiece About Friendship, Memory, and the Wounds That Shape Us

Books & Us EditorDecember 1, 2025

This is a must-read for anyone who has loved deeply, lost deeply, or spent years trying to understand the person they once were.

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