Sayaka Murata Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/sayaka-murata/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:44:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Sayaka Murata Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/sayaka-murata/ 32 32 38398750 October Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/11/october-reading-wrap-up-4/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/11/october-reading-wrap-up-4/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:38:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15011 Goodbye, October. A part of me feels as if posting this recap is silly, given what lies ahead tomorrow, but maybe it will provide you with a bit of distraction. October turned out to be a big reading month—I finished 16 books and DNFed two at the 50% mark. I rated nine books four stars […]

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