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Mini Reviews of Recent Reads: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan and Pretty Girls by Karin SlaughterWhen two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black – an eleven-year-old field slave – finds...
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Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem KhanBombay, New Year’s Eve, 1949 As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands...
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This Week in Books – 02-08-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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The month that was… July 2023July was a lot of fun. I started off the month with a weekend in Leeds where I went to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show live for the...
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This Week in Books – 26-07-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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The Hod King by Josiah BancroftFearing an uprising, the Sphinx sends Senlin to investigate a plot that has taken hold in the ringdom of Pelphia. Alone in the city,...
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This Week in Books – 19-07-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara GranRare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful...
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Bibliomaniac by Robin InceWhy play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was...
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This Week in Books – 12-07-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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The Island by Victoria HislopOn the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother’s past. But Sofia has never spoken...
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This Week in Books – 05-07-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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Books to Look Out For in 2023 Q3I’ve no idea where this year is going, but it’s somehow July already and time to look at the books I’m particularly looking...
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The month that was… June 2023After a busy few months, June felt a little calmer. I started the month at the Hay Festival where I bought all the books, but since then,...
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Eversion by Alastair ReynoldsEversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious...
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This Week in Books – 28-06-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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The Library Suicides by Fflur DafyddYou can get in. But you can’t get out. Welcome to the library… Twins Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their...
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen RooneyLillian Boxfish is no ordinary 85-year-old. On her arrival to New York in the 1930s she took the city by storm, working her way up from...
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Weyward by Emilia HartKATE, 2019 Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a...
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The Guest by Emma ClineSummer is coming to a close on Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome… One misstep at a dinner party and the older...
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This Week in Books – 14-06-23This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve...
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Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno DawsonHidden among us is a secret government department of witches known as Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. They protect crown and country...
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Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein translated by Alison McCulloughLiv has a lot of secrets. Late one night, in the aftermath of a party in the apartment she shares with two friends in Ålesund, she sees...
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The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist translated by Marlaine DelargyOn her fiftieth birthday, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material: a state-of-the-art...
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The month that was… May 2023May was another crazy busy month! From the ice hockey world championships (GB came top of their group and will be promoted to the topflight for...
