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A not much reading week: a work trip to Bahrain that was an adventure (or a nightmare depending on your approach to life)
The weather going out there, multiple changes of flight times/paths etc as we were supposed to fly into Dubai.
Then the worry about missiles/war etc flying back.
I read The Murder House on outgoing flight & started the Keyes coming back. Was too exhausted by then to read much. Have a great weekend ♥️

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James I want to get to and think it will probably make for good discussions.
The others are in my ‘books to look out for folder!‘

A quick, compelling read. Although there‘s actually nothing nice about the topic, or most of the people in the book.

Mystery/family drama. Entertaining read. Probably forget everything about it in a few weeks.

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Loved The Book of Doors ❤️
The Forgotten Holocaust was good- not the best in the series, but an action packed read.
Reading Has Anyone Seen at the moment.
Away with work again from Tuesday so not anticipating much reading this week.

A lovely evening with some Litsy friends and the clever, funny and humble Percival Everett 😁

I liked the all action thrill in the book- but the female MC was awful and just came over really stupid! Hopefully not a future female character thing….

Loved it 👍🏻 great plot and wanted to see how it all ended.

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Only had 2 days in work this week!
Enjoyed all my books.
Currently reading The Book of Doors 😁

A lovely, poignant read. About the really crappy things that can happen in life, how you live with them, heal and try to move forward.
And nature and the sea- how it doesn‘t care and carries on regardless.
And the cover is gorgeous.

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The cover of this book is amazing. Only a couple of chapters in so no comments on story as yet.

Last read of my extra long weekend. Work looms tomorrow. This was a roller coaster of a murder hunt- I did have my suspicions at about 75% but great build up. Sad stuff going on and a twist of an ending!!! Great series.

Hadn‘t realised this was YA. So I pretended to be 15 and absolutely loved it. Not so much about smashing the patriarchy, but training as a knight and just killing them all 🤷‍♀️

True before the internet- but even more powerful with the internet.

Thanks to Helen for the loan ♥️ I think I enjoyed this a lot more than most of the other reviews and I liked it more than Idlewild. Maybe I went in with low expectations and it surprised me. An enjoyable weekend read.

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Empire was a big book and took most of the week with work commitments as always! Loved it.
Cheater was a good Rose book- not as gruesome as some of hers, enjoying this series.
Just started VC so I can give back to the lovely Helen next week!

A roller coaster bloody vampire/many other beasts epic tale! With a 😱 ending.
If you don‘t like blood, violence and a very liberal sprinkling of sex, it‘s probably not for you.

50th anniversary edition has arrived. 50!!!!
I was 6 and didn‘t read then, think I was probably 11 before I nicked it off my brother‘s shelf.

Just over half way. There‘s some blood thirsty vampires in this!!!

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Still feeling a bit spaced out after return from work trip.
Finished Idlewild on flight out last week, I just thought it was ok in then end- a bit too long and would have preferred more older reflection.
Read A Stranger through the week- another good Maeve addition.
Loved Lone Wolf - 9th in the series and still going strong.
Just started Empire.

This morning‘s reading view ♥️ 🌞

I don‘t think there‘s anything to add to everyone‘s reviews. A totally engrossing, poignant read. Made even more poignant when you know it‘s based on facts. That cover just stirs up so many emotions too.
A brilliant read.

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Bailed on Wayward.
In the Seeing hands was a dark, compelling read.
A lovely short story from Keegan.
My heart is now invested in Postcard, have about 100 pages to go.

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I‘m engrossed in The Postcard!

I don‘t like short stories and yet, here I am again with Claire. Who writes top notch short stories.

Very hard to review- I can‘t say I enjoyed it as the subject matter is dark and sometimes it‘s very difficult to follow. But it‘s a debut and I would certainly read the next one by this author.

70 pages in. As a woman feeling many of these things at a certain age in life I really thought I would like this. But Sam‘s response to feeling like this is to be able to move out of the family home (not a spoiler) and just buy another house- helped by the family savings.
No mention of privilege etc. Just like that‘s what most people can do. Whether that‘s addressed later I don‘t know but I can‘t bear anymore.

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The Lie Maker was ok, not his best.
Pity was amazing.
A Room Full of Killers was a good addition to the series.
Just started Wayward this morning.

Really enjoying this series 3/12.
Though Matilda takes ‘off the books‘ to another level in this one. And that ending! What‘s going to happen there.
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I‘ve no idea why this resonated so much with me- I‘m not from Barnsley, a gay man or a miner. I think it was the age old working class v expectations theme.
Absolutely beautiful writing, especially the mine sections (obvious the author is a poet) he is Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University- his students are lucky to have him.
A thought provoking read.

Took ages to get going and I was totally confused the first 25% but that may have just been my tired brain!
An ok thriller.

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Finished The List of Suspicious Things and loved it then had a horrendous work week and read about 2 chapters of The Lie Maker all week. Should finish it today now I‘ve got some reading time.

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Brought top one in Blackwells on campus and bottom 3 today in Dead Ink curtesy of my book voucher from the lovely Helen 😘
It‘s been a bad work week, we had Ofsted and I‘m exhausted and haven‘t read all week.
So really 4 books is nothing and 3 were free.

Another great read this week 👍🏻 thanks to Helen‘s original review and it‘s all over book Twitter!
Nostalgic, but tackling some dark subjects. Had a tear in my eye at the end.

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Fabulous week for me in the quality of the books.
Christ on a Bike and Greta and Valdin were brilliant.
Outside Looking In was a good 2nd one in a series.
I‘m loving The List of Suspicious Things, hopefully finish over the weekend but have a lot of work stuff to do.

This was as wonderful as everyone says. I very rarely laugh out loud at books. This was funny, warm, joyful and a bit melancholy occasionally to make it even more real.
Just a really lovely read.

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Just starting to get into the series and characters. Good detective plot and personal sub plots.

I absolutely loved this. Quirky, with vulnerable characters and a very moral/ethical plot. Which has you questioning, what would I do? I loved Cerys as a MC.
It‘s the author‘s 3rd book so I have, of course, just ordered the 1st and 2nd.

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Really enjoyed Mobility.
Loved Day, wonderful writing.
I‘m Not Scared was just meh for me, didn‘t really engage me
The Mother was entertaining brain candy for a train journey
Just started Christ on a Bike this morning and looking forward to a couple of hours with it today.

Today‘s #bookhaul. A good day out!

Train reading. On way to London to see a fantasy exhibition at the British Library and maybe some book shopping 😁

So-so, just wasn‘t feeling it. Obviously I can‘t really remember what I would have done aged 9 in these circumstances, but I‘m pretty sure it wasn‘t what this kid did 🤷‍♀️.

Loved this. Sometimes felt very seen in Isabel and her 1st world, white lady problems.
Introspective and insightful with wonderful writing.

I agree with all the reviews on this- those that liked and didn‘t like it. I really enjoyed it though and think this is real for a lot of us. Recycle, buy recycled goods, eat less meat/no meat. Buy nice things, go on holidays via planes. Consequences.
We know we do things that don‘t help, and times running out.
Thanks Helen 😘

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The Art of Prophecy- I did not like the MC in this, though loved the supporting characters. Unsure whether I‘ll read the next one.
Escape Artist was sad (obvious I know) but informative and engaging.
Enjoying Mobility at the moment.

#motherdaughterread 😁

Fascinating, detailed true story. (There are some sections you don‘t want to be eating anything 😞).
The overall lesson from these tellings is that we don‘t learn from history, and we carry on killing people thinking it solves things. It never has, nor will it.

Train reading. On work thing to London. Travelling with 4 people, we‘ve all sat separately and are working/reading. My kind of work colleagues!

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Hardly anytime to read at the moment, squeezing 20 mins in.

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Enjoyed All That I Am.
The Plot- so-so, guessed the big twist.
Loved Another Brooklyn.
For Reasons Unknown was the start of another new series, enjoyed.
Still reading The Art of Prophecy.