Birthday Books: The 2024 Edition It is that time of year again when alas I get one year older, but I also get to eat cake, open presents, welcome new additions to my TBR pile, and generally have a day where I don’t feel like I have to be productive. One highlight was opening the front door to my mum, […]
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JOE COCKER’S GREATEST HITS and JOE COCKER LIVE I’ve been listening to Joe Cocker this week. Even though there’s some overlap on the songs included on Joe Cocker’s Greatest Hits and Joe Cocker Live, there’s enough variation in the songs and sound to hold my interest. Joe Cocker’s best-selling song was “Up Where We Belong“, a duet with Jennifer Warnes that was Number […]
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Mini Mysteries: Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles (2024) by Marci Kay Monson and Greg Paprocki (Illustrator) Today I am reviewing something a little bit different, and not by myself either, as with the assistance of my husband’s seven-year-old niece, Naomi, I am taking a look at a new children’s edition of Agatha Christie’s debut novel, which was released on the 24th September. It is listed as being aimed at 4–8-year-olds, an […]
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5 Romantasy Novels That Balance World-Building with Relationship Building “Romantasy” is a recently coined term for a pre-existing and popular subgenre of books that combine elements of fantasy and romance, but there’s still some debate about exactly which books qualify. Does the term “romantasy” encompass standalone romance novels with fantasy elements (like supernatural romances This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin, My Roommate Is […]
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