World LiteraTour
Reading the World’s Greatest Stories
Book reviews and analyses of literature from around the world, from the most ancient classics to the newest releases
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A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi: REVIEW Synopsis Kinga’s just a girl trying to make it through the week, but it just so happens that a different Kinga alter wakes up every morning. As each Kinga leaves a diary entry of her day for the other Kingas to read, it becomes apparent that at…
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The Giller Prize Shortlist – My Thoughts The Giller Prize Hi everyone! The Giller Prize shortlist came out today, and I feel like talking about it. In case you aren’t familiar with the Giller Prize, or The Artist Formerly Known As the Scotiabank Giller Prize (more on that in a sec), it’s the most prestigious…
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Goodreads’ Spine Tinglers Challenge Goodreads Achievement: Spine Tinglers Hi everyone! I’ve noticed that Goodreads has a new Achievement challenge for October through December, aka spooky season, and I kinda wanted to talk about it. If you’ve visited my blog before, you may have noticed that I love reading books of the horror or gothic variety.…
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September Reading Wrap-Up 2025 Hello! Welcome to my September reading wrap-up. I finished reading 14 books in September, and I gave 5 out of 5 stars to more than half of them! I don’t know if I was just feeling generous or if I really did luck into that many stellar books this month. Either…
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6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk: REVIEW Synopsis Agatha is an author dealing with depression-induced writer’s block, so her husband comes up with a seemingly perfect solution to get her juices flowing again: he gives her a train ticket from Toronto to Montreal. Six hours on a train with stunning views to inspire her and…
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Victober 2025: TBR and Plans In which I explain what Victober is and how I will be participating Hello! Happy Victober to all who celebrate! 🥳📚 Yes, ’tis the season for all the classics-loving lads and lassies to lift a pinky as they raise their cup of tea to the memory of Queen Victoria and…
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Iceland: The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir (from Diplomatica’s ‘Great Reads from Around the World’) Great Reads from Around the World I’m slowly making my way through the Great Reads from Around the World list on DiplomaticaGlobal.com, a list curated by each country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. Basically, each embassy was asked what books they…