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Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L. M. Chilton (2025): A Review

Title : Everyone in the Group Chat Dies Author : L. M. Chilton Publication Year: 2025 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 343 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Humor, Mystery, Crime, Thriller Let’s start with the title: Everyone in the Group Chat Dies. Too subtle! A spoiler in the title! You know what you’re getting, and that’s half the fun. Why did I pick this up? Desperation, plain and simple. I needed a fun audiobook to shake off the existential dread of my daily commute, and this one practically leapt off the digital shelf at me. With a title like that, how could I not give it a shot? If you’re ever in need of a distraction from your own group chat drama, trust me, this will put things in perspective. The plot is as wild as you’d expect: Our narrator, on the run from her family secrets (relatable?), lands a gig as a journalist in a sleepy and boring little town whose only excitement is its famous serial killer. Just when you think she’ll be reporting on lost cats and streets pu...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 25

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📚 1904 Riders to the Sea by J M Synge | Ireland | 26 | 📚 1907 The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 88 | 📚 1960 Toys in the Attic by Lillian Hellman | US | 72 | 📚 2020 The River Home by Hannah Richell | UK | 320 | 📚 2020 Apeirogon by Colum McCann | Ireland | 480 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 📚 2020 The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu | US | 411 | 🏆 📚 2020 Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch | US | 400 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 📚 2020 Norma Jeane Baker of Troy by Anne Carson | CAN | 64 | 🏆 📚 2021 Simplexity by Kiley Reid | US | 34 | 📚 2025 Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis | UK | 352 | 🏆 😂 🎓 📚 2025 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld | US | 448 | 📚 2025 Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein | US | 336 | 🏆🏆 📚 2025 Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction by Andrea Barrett | US | 208 | 📚 2025 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad | CAN-Egypt | 208 | 🏆 📚 2025 Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba | JAP | 1...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 24

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📚 1876 Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen | Norway | 214 | 📚 2026 All In Her Hands by Audrey Blake | US | 441 | 📚 2026 Where the False Gods Dwell by Denny S. Bryce | US | 326 | 📚 2026 Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi | UK | 352 | 📚 2026 Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise | Ireland | 246 | 📚 2026 Kin by Tayari Jones | US | 368 | 📚 2026 White River Crossing by Ian McGuire | UK | 288 | 📚 2026 The Choir by Carol M. Cram | CAN | 342 | 📚 2026 The Ghost Women by Jennifer Murphy | US | 368 | 📚 2026 How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson | UK | 368 | 📚 2026 The Optimists by Brian Platzer | US | 304 | 📚 2026 More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen | US | 256 | 📚 2026 The Other Moctezuma Girls by Sofia Robleda | Mexico | 331 | 📚 2026 The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue | China | 448 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for February: https://fable.co/list/f73cffbf-6464-4093-892c-51078e459b48/share

The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat (1936): A Review

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Title : The Blind Owl Author : Sadeq Hedayat Publication Year : 1936 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pages : 112 Source : book, ebook, audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Modernist fiction, Surrealism, Psycho fiction, Literary fiction There are rare books that do not merely reflect an individual's mood but encapsulate the profound despair of an entire nation. The Blind Owl is such a work. For many Iranians, it is not just a story, but a mirror of ongoing suffering, struggle, and loss - a narrative of failure that echoes painfully through generations. At its core, The Blind Owl follows an unnamed protagonist, condemned to an endless cycle of nightmare and despair. His suffering is not only personal, but becomes a symbol for the existential pain of an entire nation. The horror depicted in the novel is unrelenting, and each new revelation renders previous torments insignificant by comparison. The narrative refuses to offer comfort, presenting only the bleak reality of anguish that deepens with ever...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 23

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📚 1910 Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 106 | 📚 1967 The Responsibility of Intellectuals by Noam Chomsky | US | 📚 2010 Big Girl by Danielle Steel | US | 416 | 📚 2023 Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry | Ireland | 261 | 🏆🏆🏆 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for February: https://fable.co/list/f73cffbf-6464-4093-892c-51078e459b48/share