“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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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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Review – Frying Plantain – Zalika Reid-Benta
Kara Davis really can’t win in life. Her family says she’s too soft, too quiet, yet too bold. Not only is she having to deal with this as a teenager but she’s trying to find her identity as Canadian and Jamaican. One of the things I loved about Frying Plantain was reading the celebratory reviews… Read more
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