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The Book of Beginnings

21/08/2023 – 10:54

Stationery, what more could you want?

You had me at stationery shop! Not a huge amount happens in the "first impression" but it...

I, Spy

13/02/2023 – 21:18

Intriguing

Ok, so this is a book for older chiildren or young adults, but as an adult I really want to read...

Faruq and the Wiri Wiri

13/02/2023 – 20:48

I’d love to read more

I’d like to finish reading this book. I wonder what happens with the wiri wiri peppers? I know I...

Waking the Witch

11/07/2022 – 13:59

Interesting start

An interesting start. It fills in a bit about the main character Ivy and where she is in her...

Fledgling

27/09/2021 – 15:32

In love with this story already

Oh my! I really need to read this book. I am so intrigued by this family and this little...

The Swift and the Harrier

11/09/2021 – 15:22

Frighteningly realistic

I didn't realise Minette Walters was writing historian fiction. I have read a lot of her present...

A Woman Made of Snow

17/08/2021 – 10:21

Not for me

I thought I might like this from the synopsis but didn't even finish the first look. It turned...

Sleeping with a Psychopath

27/04/2021 – 14:30

Tense

Well I whizzed through this 23 page extract. It doesn't start at the beginning of the book so I...

The Beauty of Impossible Things

04/04/2021 – 11:55

I'm anticipating something good

I was attracted to this book firstly by the cover design. The brooding silhouette house on the...

Geiger

22/03/2021 – 21:23

How is this going to pan out?

I really want to read this book!! The first chapter reveals some kind of sleeper agent or victim,...

London's No.1 Dog-Walking Agency

11/03/2021 – 12:36

Fun start

I love dogs. I have a chocolate Labrador and reading about Winston's love of water and mud was...

The Art of Death

17/12/2020 – 13:18

Drawn in already!

First impression - I definitely want to know what happens next. I like that the leading police...

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