Category: Blog Posts
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Book Club Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
And here is another well over-due review. We read this one also back in November, and as I mentioned in the Chocolat post, I missed almost the entire catch up due to brilliant Northern trains! Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is real life story, told by Jeannette herself. My personal experience of non-fiction is very…
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Book Club Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Despite the group reading this back in November, I am only just getting round to posting the club’s review. Is Christmas a valid excuse for getting so behind on these? I think the main reason it has taken me so long to put this review together, is that I actually missed the last book club…
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Book Club Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The story of a fictional Old-Hollywood star, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the life story of Evelyn Hugo as she gives a ‘tell all’ interview towards the end of her life. She is ready to reveal all, giving Monique Grant the scoop of a lifetime. But whilst Monique focuses on the big question: “who was Evelyn’s…
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Book Club Review: Shattered by Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi had a fall on Boxing Day, 2022. This left him paralysed, unable to walk, write or care for himself in anyway. This memoir was completely dictated by Hanif himself, and follows the year after this accident. The group was pretty mixed in expectations, when we approached this book. Half of the group were…
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Scarborough’s Book Club: Rediscovering the Joy of Reading
Who are we? What are we? And how do we actually get people to turn up? Books by the sea is a little local book club, based in beautiful sunny Scarborough, and started by me! (Michelle). To explain exactly why I decided to start this little group, back in April this year, I need to…
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