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My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part Three
Here are my favourite audiobooks of the year Part Three. We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker There are thousands of ratings and reviews of this book, so I’m not going to try and precis it. It’s been done so many times already and there is nothing I can add. But as for my feelings – well there were so many moments when … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part Three
My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part Two
Here are my favourite audiobooks of the year Part Two. Diane Setterfield appears twice, because I adored both her books. Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield I think this has to be one of my favourite books ever. It’s so original, with a cast of characters that I absolutely adored. It’s set in the area around the banks of the River Thames in … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part Two
My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part One
A new list! I love a list. I only just started listening to audiobooks last year, and it’s not just about the story – it’s also about the narrator/s. One of my biggest issues with audiobooks has always been the length, as I am a fast reader and I don’t have the patience to listen for, say 11 or 12 hours, when I could … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part One
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My Year in Books 2023
It’s been a successful year for reading. I’ve read some brilliant books. My reading challenge was 130 and I read 153. A few more than last year.
+ anthology, audio book, List, literature, podcast, review
My 8 Most Read Reviews of 2023
This was a new one for me last year, but I do love a good list. These books were not necessarily published in 2023 – in fact Miss Benson’s Beetle has been top for the last three years. Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel JoyceThere’s hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t visit this review and I am not sure how or why. It … Read More My 8 Most Read Reviews of 2023
My 3 Favourite Audiobooks of 2023
A new list! I love a list. I have only just started listening to audiobooks, and it’s not just about the story – it’s also about the narrator/s. Which is why Geneva is the outright winner. One of my biggest issues with audiobooks has always been the length, as I am a fast reader and I don’t have the patience to listen for, say … Read More My 3 Favourite Audiobooks of 2023
+ dystopia, female friendship, fiction, friendship, grief, loss, love, reading, review, writer
End Of Story by Louise Swanson
Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing. It has been five years since writing fiction was banned by the government. Fern Dostoy is a criminal. Officially, she has retrained in a new job outside of the arts but she still scrawls in a secret notepad in an effort to capture what her life has become: her work on a banned phone line, reading … Read More End Of Story by Louise Swanson
My Year in Books 2022
It’s been a successful year for reading. I’ve read some brilliant books. My reading challenge was 130 and I just made it with 132.
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My 6 Most Read Reviews of 2022
This is a new one for me, but I do love a good list. These books were not necessarily published in 2022 – in fact Miss Benson’s Beetle has been top for the last two years. Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel JoyceThere’s hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t visit this review and I am not sure how or why. It was published … Read More My 6 Most Read Reviews of 2022
+ fiction, friends, friendship, literature, love, murder mystery, Publishing, reading, relationships, review, romance, writing
Her Last Words by Kim Kelly
Thisbe Chisholm wants to be a writer. It’s 2007, a time of digital revolution and skyrocketing property prices, but she’s an old-fashioned girl. She doesn’t even own a mobile phone. She has no stars-in-her-eyes desire for fame, to see her name on the cover of a book, either. She longs only to tell of the stories written on her heart. While her best friends, … Read More Her Last Words by Kim Kelly
