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September 13, 2021October 18, 2021

Better Than Cake – Proper Comfort Reads: Keyes and Kinsella

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August 21, 2020October 18, 2021

August Ramblings, Reviews and Recommendations

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July 30, 2020October 18, 2021

Coming out of Lockdown

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July 2, 2020October 18, 2021

Summer Reads 2020

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May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

‘She Does Something Magical with her Characters’: Why I heart Lisa Jewell

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April 29, 2020June 19, 2020

Cooper, Krantz, Conran, and Collins: My Love of 80’s Novels

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January 17, 2020April 25, 2020

Why you should watch: Grace and Frankie – Update

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April 26, 2019April 25, 2020

You have GOT to listen to this Podcast

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November 16, 2018November 19, 2018

The Joys of a Good Podcast

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Hooray hooray I hit 300 reviews today!! 🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🤸‍♀️💃

Writing has had to take a back seat as the new term has started and work has swept away everything like a juggernaut. But I’ve kept up with my running and have signed up to raise money for #cancerresearchuk by running the 5k #raceforlife2021 on Sunday - wish me luck! £845 raised so far 💪 🏃‍♀️

I absolutely adored the St Oswald series by @joannechocolat featuring Roy Straitly, an old school Classics master in a traditional public school. They are psychological thrillers and are brilliantly written with an interesting use of first person narrators who make their moves one by one, like chess players. But at the heart is Straitly. He is one of my favourite ever characters - non PC as he is - maybe because I have taught in schools very like St Oswald’s and my love for English and books was inspired by a brilliant teacher very like him. The plots are engrossing but there is also a great deal of humour.

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