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What is a thriller?

23/03/2022 nsford 9 Comments

Recently I’ve read a few books marketed as thrillers and which didn’t thrill me at all. I think the definition…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: reading, thrillers

Dodgy romantic advice from old self-help guides

14/02/2022 nsford 8 Comments

Here’s something a bit different for you this Valentine’s Day. Last year, we had fictional dates from hell! The year…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, history, humans, random, reading, resources, Valentine's Day

What I was reading 20 years ago

19/01/2022 nsford 10 Comments

Amazingly, I read 232 books in 2002. I’m sure it’s the highest number of books I’ve read in any year.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fiction, reading, YA fiction

My favourite reads in 2021

30/12/2021 nsford 10 Comments

I’ve read and reviewed so many books this year! Here are 20 of my favourite reads – a mixture of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Reading Filed under: books, fiction, memoir, non-fiction, reading, reviews

Why do I read so much?

19/09/2021 nsford 19 Comments

This is not a rhetorical question! I have been thinking lately about why bibliophiles, such as you and I, are…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, reading

Review of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens

07/09/2021 nsford 12 Comments

Oh dear. Another wildly popular book which I haven’t enjoyed (see: Normal People, Circe, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Delia Owens, fiction, reading, reviews

Review of ‘Songs in Ursa Major’ by Emma Brodie

04/09/2021 nsford 2 Comments

I can’t resist a music-themed novel set in the 1960s or 70s. This one is based on the folk rock…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Emma Brodie, fiction, music, reading, reviews

Can a film adaptation ever be better than the book?

17/08/2021 nsford 26 Comments

People have probably been discussing this ever since film adaptations were invented! From the early days of film to our…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Reading Filed under: books, films, reading, TV

Review of ‘Mrs March’ by Virginia Feito

14/08/2021 nsford 10 Comments

This book reminded me of Mrs Dalloway or Mrs Bridge… but then it became dark, unsettling and by the end…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reading, reviews, Virginia Feito

Review of ‘A Flight in the Heavens’ by Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr

12/08/2021 nsford 2 Comments

A swashbuckling adult fantasy adventure from French Canadian author, Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr, this novel is the first in the Theurgy of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr, reading, reviews

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