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Mind The Trigger Warnings...and then dive in and get caught up in this spicy #chunkster RH read. A total binge worthy book. I loved all of these perfectly imperfect characters. Off to order the next book! #bookspin #LittensLoveRomance @thearomaofbooks

Very good, especially the concluding part of Rian Malan‘s piece

Granta 25. Not on Litsy, have suggested it but I don‘t know how long that takes to be reviewed.

An interesting set of stories, from the gripping account of the Gibraltar killings to a murder tale in South Africa which annoyingly continues in the next issue !

This is turning out to be a very strong year. I‘m getting sad when such fantastic books are getting knocked out of the running so early. But the winner will be for sure amongst my all time favourites. I can tell you just from the books currently in the running!

27/23 I will never stop thinking about this book. Strange, dark, full of characters blurred somewhere between truth and fiction. It sucks you in and spits you out at the end, unsure of what has just happened. It was a wild ride. So much happens within is 200 pages. This is my #booked2023 #inmemoriam pick. Seabrook sadly died young and had only written two books.

I am in love with this little book. I had never heard of it or the author before I found it in a charity shop. Definitely judged it by its cover. And on this occasion it paid off! It‘s taking me on a wild ride through the dark side of Kent and it‘s historical characters. I‘ve learnt about TS Elliot, Dickens, chimney sweeps, the artist Richard Dadd and I have no idea where we are going next! What a lovely surprise in a pretty package.

Here‘s my August Reading Report from #Bookly.
My favorite book of the month was The Caretakers, and my least favorite was Gerald‘s Game.

Better late than never?

🛏 Gerald‘s Game by Stephen King - currently reading along with a group in IG
✅ Granta 115: The F Word: (Feminism) - read
🌎 Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists for the Monthly Key Word gxo challenge
🇫🇷 The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal for book club
⚡️ The Change by Kirsten Miller with my sister

Wish me luck!
#tbr #AugustTBR

Day 3 of the #20in4 #Readathon went well. I got a lot of reading done today and am now at 155/204 pages toward my goal.
My favorites so far are a short story by Louise Erdrich, also an excerpt from A Train in Winter, a book about the women of the French Resistance sent to Birkenau during WWII, and a photo essay, Un-Possible Retour by Clarisse d‘Arcimoles.
I hope you‘re having fun too @Andrew65 !

The sun has set on day 1 of the #20in4 #readathon.
I read 34/204 pages toward my goal. I need to pick up the pace to get there, but now that the weekend is here I should have more reading time.

My photo is from my outdoor reading session this evening.

📖 @Andrew65