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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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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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Read If You Like… Welcome to St Hell
Good morning from someone who a) tripped over and landed on their bad arm recently and has spent most days since wondering if today’s the day their wrist is going to snap, and b) has a deadline to finish their undergraduate dissertation. I’m fine, I whisper, eating home brand Nutella from a spoon and experimenting Continue reading
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