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By Kate Price. This Happened to Me: A Reckoning is an extraordinarily powerful and deeply affecting memoir that confronts trauma, memory, and survival with remarkable honesty. It is a difficult book, but also an important and profoundly moving one. Kate Price recounts her childhood in a small Appalachian mill town
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By Kate Gray. Welcome to the Family is a tense and absorbing book that takes the idea of a dream holiday and twists it into something far more sinister. Set against the backdrop of a luxurious Tuscan villa, the story explores family dynamics, buried secrets and the quiet unease that
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By L.M. Chilton. I Think We Should Kill Other People is a sharp, darkly humorous thriller that blends reality television chaos with a locked room style murder mystery. Fast paced, playful, and full of biting humour, it delivers an entertaining read that does not take itself too seriously. The
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The Alhambra Theatre. This week, I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Press Night for Operation Mincemeat at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. A special thank you to Emma for this invitation. Based on an extraordinary true story, Operation Mincemeat brings one of Britain’s most unusual
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By Claudia Petrucci. The Perfect Circle is a quietly unsettling and beautifully constructed book that slips between two timelines and two women whose lives begin to echo one another across decades. At the centre of it all is the round house on Via Saterna, an architectural illusion hiding a tragic
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By Zetta Thomelin. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Trauma Effect: Exploring and Resolving Inherited Trauma by Zetta Thomelin is a deeply affecting and thought provoking book that examines the lasting impact of trauma, particularly the ways it can ripple across generations. I found this a compelling and emotionally powerful read, especially the opening section.
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This week, I was thrilled to receive a special delivery of Titan book mail—all from the incredible Titan Books! It's always exciting to get my hands on new reads, and these editions are stunning. Full reviews coming soon! As always, the books are available through my shop
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By Louise Hegarty Fair Play by Louise Hegarty is a clever, playful, and quietly devastating book that blends a classic murder mystery setup with an unexpectedly sharp exploration of grief and loss. The story opens with Abigail preparing a Murder Mystery themed birthday party for her brother Benjamin at a
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The Alhambra Theatre. This week, I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Press Night for Barnum at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. A special thank you to Emma for this invitation. There is something instantly transporting about Barnum. From the moment the curtain rises, the production invites
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By Jesse Muehlbauer. All the Moonlight on Earth by Jesse Muehlbauer is an ambitious and atmospheric story that blends science fiction, noir suspense, historical detail, and emotional drama into a compelling and unusual reading experience. Set in an alternate version of 1957, the book imagines a world where a portal
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By Derek Owusu. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Make sure you off your light. Last night I had to come and close it for you. You know it’s only me paying electricity, if you like try and pay." Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu is an unusual and deeply introspective book that
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By Stephanie Meyer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to.” Re-reading Midnight Sun for only the second time since it was published felt like visiting an old friend. Stepping back into this world again was surprisingly emotional, and it reminded me just how