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My January of hardly reading
A start to the year I didn't see coming & reviews of everything I read in January.
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My Favourite Reads of 2024
Jan 16, 2025
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The (Actually Useful) Book Gift Guide
Nov 23, 2025
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My Favourite Reads of 2025
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Introducing: The Book Club
Dec 10, 2025
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Information for our first Book Club
Details and the link for next weeks meeting for The Wall by Marlen Haushofer.
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My Favourite Reads of 2025
My reading year in review & some intentions for 2026.
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December Reads
Harsh landscapes and a crisis of masculinity
Jan 1
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Introducing: The Book Club
On sickness, finding community through reading & having ambition + announcing our first book & meeting.
Dec 10, 2025
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November Reads
History is destined to repeat itself & the beauty of the coming of age novel.
Dec 1, 2025
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The (Actually Useful) Book Gift Guide
Because there is no greater gift than a good book.
Nov 23, 2025
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October Reads
Darkness, the wisdom of spirits & realising why I hate ‘spooky’ reading.
Nov 2, 2025
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September Reads
The alienation and temptation of forbidden desire.
Oct 1, 2025
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August Reads
Women in Translation made me fall back in love with reading this month + all the big books I want to (try) to read before the end of the year.
Sep 1, 2025
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Every month I review what I have read, so you know what to read next. Every other month, I host a book club.
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