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MY BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
This beautiful, beautiful thing is my book of this year. But before I do go ahead and explain why, I just need to note that the book...
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Review: The Girls by Emma Cline
I first saw this book on a front table in Hatchards, London St Pancras. It immediately drew my eye. The sensually summery sunkissed...
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REVIEW: The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent
You know from the moment you even glance at the cover that this book is going to be special. That bed sheet in a messy disarray, the...
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Review: The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
I think the word lovely is underrated because it perfectly sums up this novel. This is Barnett’s debut and it hits you like a lovely hug...
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Review: Moving by Jenny Eclair
At first glance, Moving isn't a book that I would immediately gravitate toward. There is nothing immediate about the cover. I didn’t...
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Review: On Writing by Stephen King
On Writing has been one of my favourite books this year. I wouldn’t normally say this about an English course book which I have been...
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Review: The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn.. And no, it's not just another Gone Girl
Although I have seen the film of Gone Girl, I came with fresh eyes to Gillian Flynn’s latest work The Grown Up because I have never read...