I’ve heard it said that Gal Gadot’s 2017 Wonder Woman is an amazing role model for women. I disagree. To…
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A nthony Doerr’s writing makes me want to give up any pretence at being a writer and find something else…
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The Sweetness of Water is one of those novels that you simply cannot put down even though you’re in danger…
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One read of the back cover blurb of Gail Honeyman’s debut novel , Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and I…
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I was intrigued by the back page cover blurb of The Lost Apothecary and then read a favourable review in…
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I liked the synopsis of Small Pleasures so much I bought the book twice. Naturally, that was an oversight, which…
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I bought Mayflies because the synopsis sounded like there may be similarities to Jack’s first novel which is currently at…
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Maggie Shipstead’s novel Great Circle, was the first to land in my basket, followed by The Age of Innocence by…
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Not for the first time, I have to thank the staff at the Taunton branch of Waterstones for recommending Still…
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I had just finished reading ‘The Passenger’ by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, a novel first published in 1938, which told one…
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