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Blogaversary!

Three Years Blogging! I would not normally share posts on a Saturday. Since starting the blog I have learnt the importance of taking time away from social media. Besides, Saturdays are reading time. Today I am breaking that rule because it is not just any Saturday. Today is our third blogversary! That may not seem […]

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Without Merit Book Review

Title: Without Merit Author: Colleen Hoover ISBN: 978 1501 1797 61 Publisher: Atria Books Pages: 386 Source: Private copy Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives

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Mrs Planskys Revenge Book Review

Title: Mrs Plansky’s Revenge Author: Spencer Quinn ISBN: 978 1915 7982 68 Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers Pages: 304 Source: Review copy from the publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn’s first novel in a new series since the meteoric launch of Chet and Bernie — introducing

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56 Days

Title: 56 Days Author: Catherine Ryan Howard ISBN: 978 1838 9516 27 Publisher: Corvus Books Pages: 428 Source: Private Copy No one knew they’d moved in together. Now one of them is dead. Could this be the perfect murder? 56 DAYS AGO Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin the same week

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The Island Book Review

Title: THE ISLAND Author: Catherine Cooper ISBN: 978 0008 4973 30 Publisher: Haper Collins Pages: 375 Source: NetGalley Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours The perfect escape, or the perfect trap?When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate

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Beach Read Book Review

Title: Beach Read Author: Emily Henry ISBN: 9780241989524 Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 400 Source: Private Copy He doesn’t believe in happy endings. She’s lost her faith that they exist. But could they find one together? January is a hopeless romantic who likes narrating her life as if she’s the heroine in a blockbuster movie. Augustus

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Holly Book Review

Title: HOLLY Author: Stephen King ISBN: 978 1399 7129 27 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 433 Source: Private Copy Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns to investigate the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town. In this novel, Holly is on her own, and up against

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