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✦ Book reviews
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✦ Cozy reads that ruin you
✦ South Asian voices
✦ Fictional men > real men
✦ 24hr killer instinct 🔪
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Started for every reader who stares at their shelf thinking "what do I even read next?" — I've been you. Now I read so you don't have to figure it out alone.

Paige Blushie
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"I read so you don't have to stare at your shelf for 40 minutes wondering what's next."
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Blush & Pages started because I was exactly like you — always confused about what to read next. Then I fell completely in love with translated fiction, especially Japanese literature. It's one of the most underrated niches out there and I genuinely believe every phase of your life has a Japanese novel that fits it perfectly.

I'm also a hardcore romance reader who loves fictional men (because real life men are simply not man-ing), a thriller lover with what I can only describe as a 24-hour killer instinct, and someone who uses books to escape reality daily. No apologies.

Paige & Blushie supervise all reading decisions.
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Reading journal
Track every book, every feeling, every favourite line. Printable PDF, 40 beautifully designed pages.
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