All those years ago, in that sweltering city by the sea, Somnath Sunder Sonpate leaned against a bullock cart, scratching his nipples, which had turned red, as of recently, with an itchy rash.
Quite a long first sentence!
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Back in London with Maisie Dobbs. I can't believe it's the final instalment 😢
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Cat, coffee and a good read on a rainy Easter afternoon
The day the hotel changed forever began as any other.
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In the shadows of the Aberystwyth Castle, an amazing site we visited a few years ago
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#TBRpile
In my home state, Huon Valley Tasmania
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Dawn rose over Clew Bay and the small Irish village of Ballinacroagh.
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Hagworthy a mystical village - my current bus read 📚
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On a remote Scottish island (population 1) during th Highland Clearances
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#bookswithmaps 🧡
Book 30/155
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I wanted to write this book to bring back a lost world.
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And it has recipes!
Los Angeles - Malibu. The MC lives at Paradise Cove where we had a wonderful lunch in November.
It‘s been a while since I got into the Bosch Universe, so I have skipped about 10 titles with this one. But because of the streamed version, I‘m feeling up-to-date.
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The land was drained.
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So about 4 months ago I cracked 10000 litinfluences, and last night I hit 11000!
Mudlarking on the banks of the Thames
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Posting a bit late, but this where I ‘was‘!
Alison Dawson can never cross Old Kent Road without thinking of Monopoly.
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A great read, ends with an unknown so I'm hoping that means a new series.
pickSuperb memoir narrated by Noni. A delight to listen to ❤️
Playschool, The Sullivans, Monkeygrip, City Homicide etc etc.
One for the Aussies!
East End London
The first sentence places the FMC in Old Kent Road
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Excited to have grabbed this off the express loans shelf!
The night is as bright as day with star shells bursting and the muzzle flashes of the eight-inch guns on the heavy cruisers blowing the hell out of the Houston next to us, while the searchlights of the Japanese destroyers are lighting up our ship like a cinema screen.
A WW2 memoir
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You are holding in your hands a great American play. (Foreword)
No curtain. (Act 1)
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The large and luminous clock face of the otherwise lifeless Gare d‘Orsay had treacherously given the Paris night sky two moons so that I might be more easily seen by my enemies.
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so-soInteresting but complex. I enjoyed it but I think I prefer his historical fiction.
Walking the South West Coast Path while sitting in an sirport waiting for our flight 🏡
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You must leave as few clues as possible.
(And there‘s a cat called Trouble)
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It's summer in the Adirondacks
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Perhaps he‘ll die this time.
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Contemporary story - a rural community working to protect one of their own against a backdrop of refugee experience and border policy. Recommended
In London ‘in the near future‘
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This is the story of Bob Burgess, a tall, heavyset man who lives in the town of Cosby, Maine, and he is sixty-five years old at the time that we are speaking of him.
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Lovely to get some more Christmas #litsylove this week
Happy New Year
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pickLoving this, even though I haven‘t read all of the preceding titles. Bringing the title characters together in small town Crosby, Maine in a post pandemic world.
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In a detention camp in Northern Australia, I think this is going to be a hard read
Screenshot of my 2024 GR challenge - I read 151books!
Still in Nice!
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Reading Akin has brought back memories of our stay in Nice last year. We visited many of the places mentioned. And I just realised we were staying only a few minutes from the Hotel Excelsior!
This photo was taken on the roof of the MAMAC, in the reflection you can see the hill MC Noah climbed to visit his grandparents' grave.
The darkness throbbed with the clamour of church bells.
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What a lovely gift, thank you 😊.
We had a belated gift opening yesterday afternoon as we were travelling on Christmas Day, we waited until we were all together.
There may have also been some yummy fudge 😋
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Wishing you all peace, live and happiness
There always seems to be more roadkill just after the weekend.
By a local author and set in this area.
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