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Book Reviews- 6 Books I Loved
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
by Hilda
It is time to share some of the books I have read and loved recently. In the last year I have become addicted to audible books. A really good narrator can make such a difference. Sometimes I listen when I am walking, other times when I am tidying up or cooking; tasks that do not
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Books, books to enjoy, Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, So Many Ways of Loving by Christine Webber, Someone We Know by Shari Lapena, The Maya Angelou Autobiographies/Memoirs, The Mystery of Mrs Christie by Marie Benedict
Best Books to Read from Autobiographies to Thrillers
Monday, 18 January 2021
by Hilda
‘Reading gives us some place to go when we stay where we are.’ Reading has been an escape from the pandemic, where I can lose myself in other worlds. I have not read as much since I was at college. When I was teaching and raising a family, I was mostly too tired to read
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Review of ‘The Middle Place’ by Kealan Ryan
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
by Hilda
What an incredible first novel. No, what a brilliant novel. Full Stop. I was an English teacher in a former life and I know the narrator of The Middle Place. I taught him. I taught plenty like him and they were great ‘craic’. Cheeky, chirpy, funny, confident. You had to like them. But you
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Book Review, bookclub books, Books, books for teens, great reads, Kealan Ryan, The Middle Page
Three books for holiday reading
Wednesday, 07 June 2017
by Hilda
It has been a while since I wrote about what I am reading and so I decided to tell you about some of the books I have enjoyed over the past year. Maybe you need a few ideas for your holidays. When I was teaching and time was even more precious, I relied on my
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