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Review of ‘Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story’ by Leah Hazard

26/04/2019 nsford 19 Comments

The latest in the current trend for medical memoirs, Hard Pushed is a compelling and emotionally engaging account of what…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Leah Hazard, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Doll Factory’ by Elizabeth Macneal

20/04/2019 nsford 24 Comments

I found this book to be disappointing and unpleasant. I feel bad saying this of a debut novel which won…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Elizabeth Macneal, fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Timothy Mean and the Time Machine’ by William A E Ford

17/04/2019 nsford Leave a comment

‘It’s Monday. Hip hip hooray! Where shall we travel in time today?’ This picture book is about the time travels…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, picture books, reviews, William A E Ford

Review of ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney

15/04/2019 nsford 25 Comments

Reading this book was like listening to the bagpipes. It’s OK for a bit. But then the droning goes on…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Sally Rooney

How I write book reviews

12/04/2019 nsford 21 Comments

There’s no right or wrong way to review a book. Every review is unique to the writing style of the…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: blogging, books, reading, reviews, writing

Review of ‘Unnatural Causes’ by Richard Shepherd

11/04/2019 nsford 12 Comments

I was worried that this book would be too far out of my comfort zone. It’s mainly about post mortems…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Shepherd, science

Film of the book: ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ (2015)

09/04/2019 nsford 7 Comments

Rural setting? Check. Innocent but free-spirited female protagonist? Check. Sequence of tragic events caused by misunderstandings and the workings of…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, fiction, films, reviews, Thomas Hardy

My Good Reading Habits

08/04/2019 nsford 19 Comments

I very much appreciate being ‘tagged’ for blog posts, but I rarely get around to writing my response. However, you’re…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: blogging, books, reading, tags

Review of ‘James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes’

06/04/2019 nsford 5 Comments

Kettering’s finest comedian confesses his weirdest and most embarrassing moments in this book, first published in 2017. I didn’t actually…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, comedy, humour, James Acaster, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

First chapter review of ‘After the Green Withered’ by Kristin Ward

04/04/2019 nsford 3 Comments

We’ve all heard the stories of how it began, but no one really knows the truth because no one ever…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: blog tour, books, Kristin Ward, reviews, YA fiction

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