Category: Reading
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April’s Fools – Comedy Giveaway
April fools? April’s fools? Check out these free funnies: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/Q6xiZ6T This group giveaway includes a book about holy hummus, one with naked bush women on the cover, and one simply titled ‘Karen‘… It could go either way to be honest 🤷♀️ Give it a punt? Group promotions are something new I’m experimenting with this month,…
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What to read and watch over Easter?
Are you after something to keep yourself / your partner / your family entertained over the long weekend? I’ve pulled together a few of my recent faves. There’s even a vaguely Easter-themed film in there! What to watch over Easter… All currently available on Netflix: Rise of the Guardians – An absolute delight. A ‘family’…
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The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage
This story bowled me over. Alix E Harrow builds a fascinating and strange world, breaking your heart in only a handful of pages. Set on a world straddling the Mississippi River, with the civilised East determined to subdue, stabilise, and settle the wild and ever-changing West. This is not the analogy of the Wild West…
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The Crow Folk
I adored The Crow Folk. Funny, spooky, witchy, and absolutely charming – I was captivated from start to finish. Set in a small Kent village populated with a charismatic cast of characters, Faye Bright stumbles across her late mother’s diary: ‘Here were rituals, magic, monsters, demons and, for some reason, a recipe for jam roly-poly.’…
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Bad Town Kids
Sneha Jaiswal transports you to the small town of Dakhinpur in ‘Bad Town Kids’ where you follow the coming of age of four close friends. Jaiswal’s descriptions make you feel like you’re right there with Anita, Saira, Maadesh, and Mokshit, chatting away the afternoon by the lily pond. You become a part of their world,…
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Top 5 fave books of 2020
I’ve just realised – a full month into the new year – that I didn’t even pick out my favourite books from last year when I did My 2020 reading recap (with charts!). This post aims to rectify that oversight… I read so many great books last year! But I narrowed down my top five…
G. B. Ralph 