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Tessa rated Intermezzo: 3 stars

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.
Peter is …

Claire-Louise Bennett: Pond (2016)
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
"Longlisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize "What Bennett aims at is nothing short of a re-enchantment of the …
Tessa rated My Mother Laughs: 4 stars
Tessa rated Pure Colour: 5 stars
Tessa rated King Kong Theorie Ldp Litterature: 4 stars
Tessa rated Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme: 5 stars

Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme by Édouard Louis
"Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de …
Tessa rated Things I Don't Want to Know: 3 stars
Tessa rated Right to Sex: 4 stars
Tessa reviewed Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti
Review of 'Strangers I Know' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Tessa rated Real Estate: 4 stars

Real Estate by Deborah Levy (Living Autobiography, #3)
Tessa reviewed Delphi by Clare Pollard
Review of 'Delphi' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
While I would've absolutely hated this book if I had read it too close to the pandemic, I loved reading it with the appropriate distance. While some might say there's a lack of story line, they might miss the fact that it is in the daily and in the mundane - wonderfully mixed and infused with the main character's research/obsession with prophecy - where the strength of the book is found. How to describe daily life in the pandemic, and do so in a way for a reader to enjoy? How to reflect back on a time that feels depressing for most of us, a time where trust in narratives was gliding and we all needed a sense of security for the future? Stellar job done by Pollard.