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If there's one good thing about lockdown, it is a good reason to sit on your own, take five, rebalance and read a good book...and they continue to come!

If you were fortunate enough to receive book tokens as a gift, I hope that some of the great books I've been devouring recently might give you ideas of what to treat yourself to next.

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A challenging and thought provoking read - generating much discussion with my friends.

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The Proposal

In my opinion... I enjoyed Valentina, and was looking forward to reading 'The Proposal', without really having any concept of what it may be about. It turned out that it is an incredibly creepy and uncomfortable book to read. The characters are horribly real, I can still imagine Ryan now. I felt a sense of unease throughout 'The Proposal' which kept me hooked. The story is well written, rapidly moving forward with one twist after another, using a number of different, very eff

I Invited Her In

In my opinion... I’ve had a bumper crop of psychological thrillers to review recently, and it’s been great! Some with similar titles, and, bizarrely, a similar concept of someone coming into your home/invading your space, but there the similarities end. This novel heads into the region of domestic noir, and as Adele Parks says, her style is to 'tell-it-as-it-is', and she certainly does that. Parks is an experienced story teller, and it shows. Her characters are credible, the

The Classroom

In my opinion... An unusual concept for a story- I raced through this unsettling book, not totally sure how it was going to be resolved. From the beginning I didn't trust Miriam, but I wasn't sure why not. Unfortunately, I didn't actually like or sympathise with any of the main characters- and at times felt quite judgemental about their behaviour. I'm not convinced that in 2018 some of the events could have happened in a school (trying to avoid spoilers here!) - but I'm cert

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Lucia Graves(translator) In my opinion... Opening this book and starting to read was like coming home. I relaxed, and missed my train stop- I was in the hands of a master story teller. The language, even in translation, is inspirational and atmospheric, painting a magical world full of stories within stories. I read ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ and ‘The Angel’s Game’ many years ago, and loved them, so was excited to have the opportunity to read Ruiz Zafon’s latest work. I was be

How Hard Can it Be?

In my opinion... I found that I had to repeatedly rebuy 'I Don't Know How She Does It', as every friend I passed it to loaned it on to another friend, so I do take credit for Allison Pearson's previous success in achieving sales targets! When I was given the opportunity to review 'How Hard Can it Be,' I was apprehensive. It had been a long time, I'd changed. I hoped Allison wouldn't try too hard to produce those witty, pithy, unforgettable one liners, but ,all is well, Kate R

You Let Me In

In my opinion... Oh Lucy Clarke, yet again you play your readers so well. For those of us who follow Lucy on social media, this novel at times makes you feel it is scarily close to the truth…there are clues dangled before us, which may, or may not, enable us to have a glimpse into the author’s life. Facebook live feeds, tweets- yes they’re all there! But how reliable is our narrator… This is such a clever novel. We are drip fed information and I was hooked the whole time. I b

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I am renowned amongst family & friends for having a book or kindle with me, just in case...I have been reading since an extremely early age - thanks to Mum and the "teach your baby to read" philosophy...

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If you were fortunate enough to receive book tokens as a gift, I hope that some of the great books I've been devouring recently might give you ideas of what to treat yourself to next.

Favourite book of the month

A challenging and thought provoking read - generating much discussion with my friends.

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