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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
After reading The House in the Cerulean Sea and it becoming one of my favourite books of all time, I was so excited to read this book!...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


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If you enjoyed The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, you might love Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune. They are both wholesome and...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


People Person, by Candice Carty-Williams
This book is about five adults living in South London who have nothing in common other than they share a father who has been largely...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


The Colony, by Audrey Magee
A quietly powerful book about the residents on a tiny rural Irish island in 1979 where two foreigners come to stay over the summer (an...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
I loved everything about this book, and I will re-read it when I need a beautiful and hopeful story - it is such a gentle, quiet, tender...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


My favourite Japanese translated fiction
Some of my favourite Japanese books that I have read so far! Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi Both...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
I tried so many times to love this book, because the concept of this sounded so up my street, but I ended up DNFing at about 50% of the...
Mar 16, 20232 min read


Winter in Sokcho, by Elisa Shua Dusapin
This book was a really interesting short read, set in the winter months in a seaside tourist town called Sokcho in South Korea. The main...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


South, by Babak Lakghomi
I LOVED this book, it really freaked me out! Set in a totalitarian society in the south of an unnamed desert country, a journalist...
Mar 15, 20231 min read


Weyward, by Emilia Hart
This book features 3 different POVs spanning five centuries: a woman in the 1600s on trial for witchcraft, a young girl in the 1900s who...
Mar 15, 20231 min read


The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, by Janice Hallett
I have now read and rated 5* all three of her books - I just love them! This one was probably my favourite so far. This was another...
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Small Worlds, by Caleb Azumah Nelson
I was so excited to get early access to this book which will come out in May, and thought it was brilliant! The story is told from the...
Mar 15, 20231 min read


Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2023 Book Recommendations
‘Neurodiversity' is an umbrella term for many learning differences, neurological differences and alternative thinking styles. 15-20% of...
Mar 15, 20237 min read


Books that work so well as audiobooks 🎧
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again : ✨audiobooks count as reading ✨ Just because you’re not using your eyes to process the...
Mar 15, 20232 min read


And Then She Vanished, by Nick Jones
This book is about a man whose younger sister vanished when they were at a fair as young children. She was never seen again, and it...
Nov 9, 20211 min read


Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams
This book is a vibrant and contemporary portrayal of the life of a young Jamaican British woman living in London. I was really hooked by...
Nov 9, 20211 min read


Lying About Last Summer, by Sue Wallman
This book is a YA thriller about loss, guilt and recovery. A year after her sister’s sudden death, the main character goes to a summer...
Nov 9, 20211 min read


The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge
This is a young adult gothic fantasy fiction set in the Victorian age about a young girl called Faith who is brave, curious, incredibly...
Nov 9, 20211 min read


Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
Okay so I have really mixed feelings about this book. First of all - I had to stop reading it about 2 thirds of the way through because I...
Nov 9, 20212 min read


The Silent Companions, by Laura Purcell
This is the best scariest ghost story I have read so far! It is set in the 1800s and is a gothic, dark horror that hooked me from the...
Nov 9, 20211 min read
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