The Story of Our Lives by Helen Warner – Published by Harper Collins, 2018 I’d be the first to admit I’m no fan of chick-lit so this book was never going to be in...

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The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan – Published in paperback by Borough Press (Harper Collins), 2018 Taking as its foundation the concept of the Mass Observation diaries kept by women during WWII,...

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A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg – Published by Vintage Time to start stockpiling books for those cold A/W evenings or to think about buying gifts for Christmas? Or maybe that’s just me? When...

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All the Things that could go Wrong by Stewart Foster – Published by Simon & Schuster, 2017 Dan is a bully and in his classmate Alex he and his mates have a ready made...

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A Boy in the Water by Tom Gregory – Published by Particular Books, 30 August 2018 A Boy in the Water is the life story (strictly speaking a three-years-in-the-life story) of a boy...

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Sirius by Jonathan Crown – Translated by Jamie Searle Romanelli – Published by Head of Zeus, 2015  Sirius is a fox terrier. A very intelligent fox terrier. He enjoys walking, sausages and trees (one tree...

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Friend Request by Laura Marshall – Paperback published by Sphere (Little Brown) 2018 Described as a psychological thriller, this is Laura Marshall’s debut novel.  Maria contacts Louise via Facebook. Nothing unusual in that;...

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The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres – Published by Picador 2018 Published to celebrate National Hedgehog week, this little book was a birthday gift from a friend; its messages of the need to...

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Little me (my life from A to Z) by Matt Lucas – Published by Canongate books, 2017 Many of us have read autobiographies, the sort that comprise an excess of famous names, along...

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The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young – Published in hardback by Faber & Faber, October 2017 This book was recommended to me by a friend* who thought I’d enjoy its quirkiness....

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