thriller – grammaticus

August 5, 2026August 5, 2026

Book review: “Best Offer Wins” by Marisa Kashino

Two‑story suburban house with red brick and beige siding exterior, steep brown shingle roof, multiple gables, arched windows with black shutters, and a landscaped front yard featuring trimmed bushes, garden beds, and tall trees under a partly cloudy sky.

“Best Offer Wins” is a solid page-turner that you won’t be able to put down until the very end. In terms of genre, it would be best described as a domestic thriller, peppered with dark humour and social commentary on the housing crisis and class anxiety.

March 27, 2023July 4, 2025

My all-time favourite films

One of the writing tasks I like to give to my students is to write about their favourite films or TV series. It’s a nice way to get to know them better, find out what sort of things they are interested in, and perhaps find some commonalities. It’s a very versatile and vocabulary-rich topic that …

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