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rachaich
At Hawthorn Time | Melissa Harrison
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Nice read, three narrators who all live in one village. The ways of the countryside and how they each see and inhabit it.

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kspenmoll
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#weeklyforecast

~Hoping to begin Duplicate Death #InspectorHemingway, ~finish Murder in Westminister #librarybook
~Just started The Confessor #audio #GabrielAllon
~A few chapters in The Tiffany Girls #readyourkindle
~ Continue with Spring #litsolace #naturalitsy #springeqinox
A girl can try, right?!

TheBookHippie 🙃😅🩶💕 3d
Suet624 Good luck! 3d
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @Suet624 I think I need that luck.. Thanks! 3d
CBee You can do it 💪🏻😊 3d
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CrowCAH
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#MarvellousMarch readathon!

Chose your own goals!

March 23-31, 2024

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Jari-chan
The Picts: A History | Tim Clarkson
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If you want to learn about the Picts, this is the book to go for. But I'd only recommend it if you're a history buff, because it's heavy on wars and names and the writing style a little dry. I wanted to learn more about the normal folk, but it seems like there isn't a lot of data just yet. There is a bit of this in the afterword of the 2016 edition.
I may have or have not ordered another book by this author 😉

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

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andrew61
None Turn Back | Storm Jameson
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The 3rd of this trilogy finds Hervey married to Nicholas but about to have a serious operation. The bk then covers the 9 days of the 1926 general strike, + the characters are polarised btwn avid support of the cause + entrenched self-interest. What is interesting is how scared of revolution society was at a time when ww1 still impacts on lives + poverty is rife. A fascinating period, + good series. And the life of the writer is wortha bk itself ⬇️

andrew61 Just a mention of the choices virago made for the art on their covers . Here 3 wonderful Edward Hopper images captured the dark emotion of the characters. 1w
LeahBergen Gorgeous! I have a couple of these waiting on my shelves. 1w
Cathythoughts These are great 👍🏻 1w
kwmg40 I love these VMC covers! 5d
kspenmoll Those are such beautiful editions! 7h
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AnneCecilie
Man or Mango? | Lucy Ellmann
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This book was a treat

Eloise is a self proclaimed hermit that has to plan every human interaction because they drain her. George is a would be poet who has worked as a professor

Every once in a while this book would have me wonder what was real and what wasn‘t

It‘s hard to explain, but there‘s just something in Ellmann‘s writing that I love. I will definitely read more by her.

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Caroline2
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Cor, I‘m kinda addicted to memoir audios at the moment! 😂 (This is my 7th so far this year!!) But this was utterly fascinating. A real fly on the wall look into life in parliament.

vlwelser I love him. 2w
youneverarrived I think memoir is my favourite genre for audio! 2w
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TheSpineView
The British Knight | Louise Bay
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Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼 2w
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merelybookish
Nelly's Version | Eva Figes
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Picked this up at a used book shop on a whim & glad I did. It opens as Mrs Dean (an assumed name?) checks into a hotel. She has a suitcase full of cash & no memory of who she is or how she got there. She spends her days wandering the town, having awkward conversations & avoiding any attempt at deciphering her identity even though people show up claiming to be friends and family. Part of the fun was having no idea what was happening or how it 👇

merelybookish It would turn out. Figes was a minor feminist writer of the late 20th century. This book is about the stultifying lives of middle class women and the desire for escape. Not exactly a new theme but executed in an interesting way. 3w
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Kshakal
Rainforest | Jenny Diski
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 👏🏻 3w
Eggs Perfect 🤩 3w
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