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Recent acquisitions:

📖 A Guest at the Feast: Essays by Colm Tóibín
📖 Cry God for Larry: An Intimate Memoir of Sir Laurence Olivier by Virginia Fairweather

What a busy week for the detective 🕵️ a great read, really enjoyed it. 📖 🤓

This one is me, not the book. I tend not to enjoy fiction set in Ancient Greece and this was no different. Glad I gave it a try at least. Don‘t let me deter anyone. #TOBlonglist

I wish I hadn't waited so long to read this. What a delightful, old-fashioned country Christmas read. The author describes a Christmas from her childhood and all the exciting preparations involved, with all the magic and innocence that only a child at Christmas can bring. 🎄 ❄️

https://youtu.be/OHxpC4S6fY8?si=8MCGN7agbhpkULVj

Introduction

Mystery guest

Weekly highlights

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

It took me awhile to get into the rhythm of this book, but then….wow…total page turner. The atmospheric writing is intense and the twists and turns were really good. The plotting is clever and yet so simple as to be totally believable

Next up.

100% forgot to post this @Kshakal ! Thank you for the lovely #cbbc box! #coffeebeanbookclub

A drugs-related kidnapping of a young lad: not a book I'd have picked up, were it not for its #bookerprize longlisting.
I enjoyed the characterisation (poor Dev, especially, and hapless Doll, and prematurely adult Nicky). There's something feels not quite complete about it though, and it could do with one more edit: not least to clear up the nonsensical imagery I kept tripping over (eg. the appearance of a distant building compared to an aspirin).

Amy, I love when I know you‘ve gifted me a favorite book of yours 😊 Thank you so much, not just for fantastic gifts, but also for a friendship I cherish!!