So I’ll be honest – the big draw for this book was the fact that the lead character was called Daniel Holmes. This also happens to be the name of my twin brother. It was also set in Glasgow which
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Author: readingqueen
English teacher,lover of YA fiction, member of netgalley and avid bookworm.
Paper Girl – Cindy R Wilson
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Paper Girl appealed to me from the cover – it showed a paper chain of dolls and one burning. It looked intriguing
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This Is Going To Hurt – Adam Kay
I have tried something new this month. I have tried to set up a book club for the local people (read the local ladies as that was who responded…) which is something i have wanted to do for a while.
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I have been an English teacher for ten years (only ten….) and always find it funny to think back to when I first started. I was known for being the worst read English teacher on our course. I had of
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A Place Called Perfect – Helena Duggan
When Violet moves to Perfect with her family things are definitely not all they appear to be. Violet’s father Eugene is an optician and his skills have been requested by the Archer brother. When they arrive, they are given some
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The Endless Beach – Jenny Colgan
So after a week in France on holiday I have managed to get another book down to blog about! I hoped that once the summer holidays kicked in I would be able to get my head in a few more
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Thanks to my other life as an English teacher I have had little time to read anything I want to at the moment! However I am back on it now that A level is done and GCSE is almost there.
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Women and Cafes and Beaches
One of the aspects of being an English teacher that can be somewhat negative is that everyone assumes you’re a book snob. They think I spend all my time with my head buried in Shakespeare or reading the poetry of
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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
This book was one of three I read on holiday but have saved till last to blog about. I made this decision as it’s probably one of the more complex and interesting books I have ever read. Indeed, I spent
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All About Mia – Lisa Williamson
Before I begin this review I would just like to share a little bit of interesting information with you. Lisa Williamson’s previous novel The Art of Being Normal is one of my absolute favourite books that I could not stop
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