“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.”
Jim Rohn
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Blog Tour – Born Survivors – Wendy Holden
Born Survivors would be an extraordinary book if it was the story of just one mother who gave birth in a Nazi concentration camp during the second world war. But it’s not. It’s the story of three mothers. Priska, Rachel and Anka. Who each had their babies whilst trying to evade death and face the… Read more
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Welcome to My New Blog
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates. This means I have no excuse not to write about what I’ve read, am… Read more
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The Dead of Winter – Nicola Upson – Review
It’s Christmas 1938. Tensions are high across Europe. Everything feels as though it’s about to change. Nicola Upson takes us to St Michael’s Mount for a Cornish Christmas with a twist. The Dead of Winter almost opens up the fourth wall of fiction and brings in a real life movie star. It definitely adds that… Read more
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I’m Still Here (Black dignity in a world made for whiteness) – Austin Channing Brown
“Ain’t no friends here” the words of Dr Simms who taught African American and Mexican American history at North Park University where Austin Channing Brown studied for her BA. Dr Simms was only her second black teacher and this one sentence forms the basis for “I’m still here”. Austin is saying nothing different to any… Read more
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The Search Party – Simon Lelic
BOOKSTAGRAM TOUR POST 16 year old Sadie Saunders is missing. One of the UK’s biggest missing persons searches is taking place. But Sadie’s friends don’t think the police are looking in the right place. Telling no one, they set out into the woods to find her. The trouble is, each of the five friends has… Read more
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