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  • First Names Announced for The Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival #TheakstonsCrime #HIF2020

    First Names Announced for The Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival #TheakstonsCrime #HIF2020

    Originally posted on mychestnutreadingtree: Well, today’s the day! The first special guests have been announced for The Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival for 2020! Now regular readers will know that this is my favourite crime festival and this year I’ll be attending for the 5th year in a row. It has been called The…

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  • Book Spa

    22nd November 2019 This week I finally got to go to mt book spa appointment at Mr B’s Book Emporium in Bath (for those of you who don’t know what it is check it out here then come right back and find out what I thought!) I had an absolutely amazing time at our book…

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  • #Bookstagramawards

    15th November 2019 This week I’m super excited for the #bookstagramawards short lists to be revealed. One super awesome bookstagrammer decided that the awards that were out there were not representative of the bookstagram community and I have to say I agree, I see hundreds of book posts every day and hardly any of them…

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  • A Week Full of Stars!!

    8th November 2019 This week I have read some truly amazing books that I just cant wait to share with you so Im not going to give you my normal ramblings i’m just going to crack on… Bookish Life of Nina Hill – Abbi Waxman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I really loved this book. There were so many…

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  • I love a Buddy Read!

    1st November 2019 So this week has been full of learning about all the Instagram terms that relate to books and there are literally thousands, like did you know the book community on Instagram is called bookstagram?! One of my favourite things I have come across thanks to bookstagram is buddy reads. This is where…

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  • The Reason I Joined NetGalley!

    So at the start of the year picked up a copy of Perfect Pray from Amazon for £2! What a bargain I thought but when it arrived I realised it was the second book in a series so I checked out the reviews again and they said could be read as a standalone so I…

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  • Another Tick for the Book Bucket List…

    18th October 2019 Reading a Stephen King book has been on my book bucket list for a long time so with this month being thriller month and this over just looking perfectly spooky I thought I better give it ago, check out how it went below. I also got through some other pretty good books…

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  • Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2019

    Who doesn’t love a book challenge? This year I decided to try the Pop Sugar 2019 Reading Challenge and I will be updating this list throughout the year as I tick of the categories so don’t forget to check back! Last years challenge for me was to just read more. This year I wanted to…

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  • A Mixed Bag

    4th October 2019 This week has thrown me some curve balls, books I didn’t think I was going to like but loved and books that I wanted to love but didn’t! My top read this week was Sally Rooneys Normal People, I just couldn’t put it down. I also enjoyed the thirteen instalment of Genevieve…

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  • Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club

    This year I discovered Reese Witherspoons Book Club. When I first heard of it I have to admit that I was fairly sceptical as I don’t really do celebrity endorsements. Then I read ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ (not because it was on the list but because the cover was so cool!) and then I…

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