reading in the garden

My Reading Life – April 2024

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April brought plenty of rainy days so lots of opportunities for reading. I've been a bit busier with work stuff so my reading rate...
Secrets of Starshine Cove

Secrets of Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson

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Thanks to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for sharing with me an advance reader copy in return for an honest review. Debbie Johnson is an author...

Human Traces – Sebastian Faulks

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"Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour...

Roam by C.H. Armstrong

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin...

The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor

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“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl Jung Joe Thorne receives an email. “I know what...

Crash – JG Ballard

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"Perhaps the most distubing book you will ever read" Well, there is another rather sick piece of fiction that I have read previously (The Fermata) but...

The Girl You Left Behind – Jojo Moyes

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"Chastity: I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? Bianca: I think you can...
Sarah's bookshelf

My reading life – January 2024

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January is always a two faced Janus of a month. On the one hand I have lots of resolve, a clean slate and a...
Daunt books

My Reading Life – March 2024

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Where has April gone? I only just finished March and April is more than halfway gone. I have been much busier with work and,...

A God In Ruins – Kate Atkinson

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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius I've often thought that I have the attention...