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Why I didn’t get on with Wuthering Heights

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Favourite Fictional AI Characters

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Blog Visitors: Where do they come from, how do they find me?

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Book Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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Sunday Post: Traveling, Reading Nonfiction and Longing for Spring

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The Color Purple: Summary, Themes & Review

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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey: Summary, Review and Analysis

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2024 in Retrospect

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Dear Santa, I would like these 5 books [2024]

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Books with Older Protagonists

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Who Am I – Can you get to know a blogger through their posts?

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The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century – according to The New York Times

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Ten Iconic Dynamic Duos

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Mid-Year Reading Update 2024 (a.k.a. The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag)

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Reading from the Women’s Prize 2024 longlist

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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

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Summer Reading, 2024

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Sunday Musings: Five Star Expectations – Blessing or Curse?

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What I learned from Lord of the Flies

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Unforgettable Places to See – and books to accompany them

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Reading Ireland: Old God’s Time & Kala

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Blogging Stats: Which posts get popular?

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Women’s Prize 2024: longlists and first impressions

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Sunday Post: Reading Wrap-up and Reading Projects

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Reading Around the World: Take-off (South Korea and North Korea)

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Why The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is worth reading

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New York Novellas: Passing & Breakfast at Tiffany’s

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 stargazer

2023 in Retrospect

December 10, 2023December 15, 2023 stargazer

Dear Santa, I would like these 5 books [2023]

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 stargazer

Novellas in November: My Year in Novellas

October 29, 2023December 15, 2023 stargazer

Halloween Reading: The Woman in Black, Coraline, Carmilla

October 22, 2023October 29, 2023 stargazer

Do I actually like Booker Books?

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 stargazer

Books to Read, Autumn 2023

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 stargazer

Book Review: Summer by Ali Smith

August 6, 2023August 5, 2023 stargazer

Howards End by E. M. Forster

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Books about Friendship – from friendaholics and frenemies to fellowships and found family

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Mid-Year Reading Update (a.k.a. The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag)

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Where do I get my books from – and how much do I spend?

June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 stargazer

Six Degrees Of Separation – from friendships to opioid crisis

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 stargazer

Sunday Post: Sunshine (finally), London Life and Nonfiction

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Reading the Best British Books – Update

May 7, 2023May 9, 2023 stargazer

Reading from the Women’s Prize 2023 longlist

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 stargazer

What I am reading, April 2023

March 30, 2023April 14, 2024 stargazer

What I learned from Great Expectations

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My Reading Habits: Everything Everywhere All at Once

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Sunday Post: Miserable March, Women’s Prize and Blogging Anniversary

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Book Review: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

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Book Review: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

February 19, 2023February 18, 2023 stargazer

Character-driven Crime Fiction – did I find any new favourites?

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Atonement by Ian McEwan – Review, Analysis and The Sense of an Ending

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Should you be reading outside of your comfort zone?

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Ten Perfect Winter Reads – with Nordic favourites

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath – Themes and Motifs

January 15, 2023January 14, 2023 stargazer

Book Review: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

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Six Degrees Of Separation – books about writers

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2022 in Retrospect

December 11, 2022March 25, 2023 stargazer

The Literary Duel, Christmas Special: Scrooge vs. Christmas

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Dear Santa, I would like these 5 books [2022]

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Sunday Post: no novellas in November and thoughts on blogging

November 10, 2022December 12, 2022 stargazer

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy – when life knocks you down

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