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Tuesday, 17 January 2023

The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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I love books that have tangles and leave me wondering what I would do in that situation. The Mercies is a story about an impossible situati...
Friday, 6 January 2023

Short Histories and Shorter Memories

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No matter how many books on history I read I always feel uninformed and ignorant about how we came to be here in January 2023. The Shortest ...
Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Sitting by the Fire with Agatha Christie

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  Today I sat by the fire with Agatha Christie. Sometimes the world outside seems like a wild, cold, noisy place. There are days where I fe...
Sunday, 1 January 2023

Hello 2023, please by kinder

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It’s the first of January. It’s the day for looking forward, making plans and being inspired. Right now I’m just glad to put last year behin...
Monday, 10 May 2021

Sofa Spotlight - That Hideous Strength, C. S. Lewis

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The third in The Space Trilogy and in my opinion the best. The pace is much faster and there is more going on in terms of action, but ...
Friday, 7 May 2021

Sofa Spotlight - Sag Harbor, Colson Whitehead

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It wouldn’t be the start of summer without reading a Colson Whitehead book. What I love most about his books is that they have the fee...
Friday, 30 April 2021

Sofa Spotlight - Perelandra Voyage to Venus, C. S. Lewis

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It’s not taken me long to crack on through this trilogy and this is book two. Thankfully the series is such that there are few spoiler...