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My Favourite Books of 2024 and Books I’m Excited to Annoy You About in 2025
Lo, the time of year when GoodReads earns its keep. I hope everyone is having a peaceful end of year break! I wrote a best books of 2024 so far at the end of June, where I said I wanted to read Shuggie Bain before the end of the year. I have not yet. Sorry, Continue reading
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Small Business Shenanigans: Reopening My Stationery Shop (Part One)
The series no one asked for but everyone needs in this era of mass commercialisation. Happy shopping season! August 2024 Think about how much I miss running my shops, and about how the flexibility offered from setting your own work hours is quite helpful for managing chronic fatigue syndrome. September and October 2024 Talk about Continue reading
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Read, If You Like: ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern
According to the search bar on my blog dashboard, I first wrote about The Night Circus in 2017, in a never-published round up of books I’d enjoyed that year. I wrote ‘The Night Circus kind of about magic, kind of about love, kind of about how bad things happen when men get into competition with Continue reading
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