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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) (National Theatre)

This is a bit of a dual review. This weekend, I re-read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the … More

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Book Review) (Mary-Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows)

Beware, this will be a very positive review. I’ll start off with that as a warning. Last week, my housemates … More

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Scarlett (The Lunar Chronicles) (Marissa Meyer)

The Red Riding Hood sequel to Cinder by Marissa Meyer, where Cinderella is a cyborg and the Earthen states are at … More

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Before I Go To Sleep (S.J.Watson)

This book came from the bookshelf at work. It’s a rather mishmashed bookshelf, as you would imagine for a place … More

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Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2) (Lani Taylor)

I needed a bit of typical YA silliness, not that this series is silly at all – it’s pretty good … More

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The Wonder (Emma Donoughue)

I will admit to not knowing where to start with this review. I’ll start by saying that it was an … More

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Lost Boy (Christina Henry)

An origins story for Peter Pan, a dark twisted version of the well loved tale about the boy who never … More

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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimain)

I recently found out these two amazing, wacky writers collaborated on a book together. I had to wait until Christmas … More

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Howards End: Book to Screen and back again

I did this backwards of course. I recently watched the BBC’s version of Howards End starring Hayley Atwell and Matthew … More

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Review: Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2)

The only kind of trail you were supposed to leave was the one you yourself could follow home. Our Dark … More

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