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Month: August 2017

Adult Fiction

Edinburgh Twilight. Carole Lawrence

29 Aug 2017
I really enjoy books, films and tv programmes set in Edinburgh - it is the only city I have lived in and I love to read or see references to…
Adult Non-Fiction

Becoming Madam Chancellor. Joyce Marie Mushaben

26 Aug 2017
3 stars for Becoming Madam Chancellor: Angela Merkel and the Berlin Republic. Reading this biography taught me a lot and I found it an interesting if slow read but in…
Adult Non-Fiction

The Road to Little Dribbling. Bill Bryson

26 Aug 2017
2.5 stars for this travel book that is by turns fascinating and irritating. This is the first Bill Bryson book I have read and while I loved parts of it…
Adult Fiction…

Our Endless Numbered days. Claire Fuller

23 Aug 2017
I have just finished reading this book for my work reading group. Judging a book by its cover, it looked like the sort of novel I might pick up for…
Book quotes…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56

18 Aug 201717 Aug 2017
I am again participating in two book blog memes today. I hope that they are used for children's books as well as adult fiction! The first meme is Book Beginnings…
Adult Fiction…

Yesterday. Felicia Yap

15 Aug 201712 Aug 2017
Felicia Yap's novel 'Yesterday' was published in the UK last week, on 10 August 2017. I read it as an ebook in June, free from NetGalley. This novel starts with an…
Book quotes…

The Explorer. Katherine Rundell

14 Aug 201712 Aug 2017
Katherine Rundell's 'The Explorer' was published in the UK last week, on 10 August 2017, by Bloomsbury. I received this book, free, from NetGalley. I am still trying to decide…
Adult Fiction…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56: The Coffin Path

4 Aug 201721 Jan 2018
I am excited to join in with two book blog memes today. The first is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader, who asks bloggers to: 'Please join…
Adult Fiction

The Last Days of Summer. Vanessa Ronan

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017
The Last Days of Summer is the darkest book I have read in a long time, it charts what happens when a convict is released from prison back to a…
Adult Non-Fiction…

Coffee for Your Heart. Holley Gerth

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017
I received Coffee for Your Heart as an ebook free from NetGalley. This short book of devotions is explicitly aimed at female readers and is a re-issue of God's Heart for…

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