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I struggled a bit with this one, there were moments very early on where I wasn’t sure I’d finish it. The First Woman is a feminist coming of age tale … Continue Reading The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | book review
What. A. Book. I loved Preloved by Lauren Bravo. I loved it that much, I had to write about it straight away….despite having other books patiently waiting to be reviewed….they’ll just … Continue Reading Preloved by Lauren Bravo| Book Review
Alice Kelly’s been given a gift, though if you were to ask Alice about it, she wouldn’t describe it as a gift….she’d call it a curse. Since the age of … Continue Reading In a Thousand Different Ways by Cecelia Ahern
What a fascinating read Kololo Hill by Neema Shah is. I should have read it ages ago, instead it’s the latest book to be pulled from the mystery jar. Poignant … Continue Reading Book Review: Kololo Hill by Neema Shah
I started reading Friendaholic on a friendship emotional high. You see, the day before I’d been at a wedding of a friend, who I’ve known a good few years. It had been … Continue Reading Book Review: Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
Imagine if you aged at an incredibly slow rate, so slowly in fact you’re over 400 years old, yet you still look like you’re in your forties. Sounds like a … Continue Reading Book Review: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Another, slow, four book month. March is always my busiest month of the year and I include December that. It’s a month where everyone has a birthday. This March has … Continue Reading March in books| Mini reviews
So, to Afghanistan with my latest read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez, a book I’ve owned for so long, I couldn’t remember the blurb and didn’t … Continue Reading Book Review: The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
As promised, I’ve spent the past week with a lighter read. I first came across Drew Davies work two years ago when I read Dear Lilly – a beautiful book … Continue Reading Book Review: The Shape of Us by Drew Davies
I have no idea how long I’ve had this book or when I even bought. However, it was there on my Kindle, so the title went into my new, mystery … Continue Reading Book Review: The Impossible Truths of Love by Hannah Beckerman
A slight delay on posting this, but don’t, for a minute, take that as a reflection of what I thought about this book. Over a week after I’ve turned the … Continue Reading Book Review: What July Knew by Emily Koch
Oh, I love Jojo Moyes. I love her characters; I love her stories; I don’t think I’ve ever read a bad book by her. I thought I’d worked my way … Continue Reading Book Review: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
I am powering through my anticipated reads of 2023 list; this is book number three and it’s only February. Granted I didn’t put together an exhaustive list and have since … Continue Reading Book Review: Really good, actually by Monica Heisey
Honour has been on my TBR list for years. In fact, it was one I’d earmarked to get around to at the start of this year. Having now finished it, I … Continue Reading Book Review: Honour by Elif Shafak
The first month of 2023 is complete! As per, January did feel like it was actually two months long, but we’ve made it and here I am again, attempting to … Continue Reading January in books| Mini reviews
I’m not sure why I keep getting drawn to books about death but here we are….another book where death is at the heart of it, or is it? Okay, so … Continue Reading Book Review: We all want impossible things by Catherine Newman
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