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Top three books of 2025! Every year there are a handful of books that refuse to be forgotten. The ones you keep thinking about long after turning the final page. The ones you recommend immediately, sometimes aggressively. 2025 delivered big feelings, unforgettable characters and stories that completely took over my
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By Laurie Gilmore. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Because while Annie wasn’t his anymore, he would always be hers.” Dream Harbor is buzzing with excitement as Jeanie and Logan’s wedding approaches. Kira is keen to show off her newly renovated barn at the Christmas tree farm, Annie has agreed to bake the cake,
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By Daniele Mencarelli. The Burning Origin is a powerful and deeply felt book about returning home and discovering that the place that shaped you still holds you in ways you cannot shake. Mencarelli takes us to the Tuscolano neighbourhood of Rome, where Gabriele Bilancini grew up with his family and
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By Laurie Gilmore. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Yes Chef". The Strawberry Patch Pancake House is a sweet and heartwarming small town romance that completely stole my heart. Archer, a renowned chef and newly single dad, never expected to leave behind his career and end up running a pancake restaurant in Dream Harbor.
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By Bonnie Garmus. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do". Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is an intelligent, heartfelt and empowering story about a woman who refuses to accept the
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By L. Ron Hubbard. Buckskin Brigades surprised me in the best way. From the very first chapters, this book establishes itself as a sweeping historical adventure rooted firmly in character and place. Told through the eyes of Yellow Hair, a young white man raised by the Blackfeet, the story immediately
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This week, I was thrilled to receive a special delivery of Canongate Book Mail! It's always exciting to get my hands on new reads, and these editions are stunning. Thank you to the team at Canongate Books! Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu: Borderline Fiction follows Marcus at nineteen
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By Laurie Gilmore. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 “You’re a big dog person, I take it.’ ‘They’re better than people in every way.” The Christmas Tree Farm is a cosy and spicy romance set in the charming town of Dream Harbor. Kira North has always disliked Christmas, which makes it all the
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By Adam Wishart and James Nally ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Three Weeks in July is an extraordinary and definitive account of the 7/7 London bombings, publishing to mark the twentieth anniversary of the event. This book delivers the most comprehensive narrative of the 7 July 2005 attacks and the chaos, confusion and terror
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By Sharmini Aphrodite. Every so often a book arrives that quietly takes hold of you. The Unrepentant did exactly that. Set across decades of political upheaval in Malaya, these fourteen stories bring together desire, faith, ideology and the private moments that linger beneath the sweep of history. What struck me
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By Ana Huang. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The great thing about being more than seven thousand miles from home? You can do whatever the hell you want.” In If We Ever Meet Again we meet Farrah Lin who is nineteen and spending a year abroad in Shanghai. She’s convinced this will be the
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By Sophie Claire. Christmas at the French Repair Shop by Sophie Claire is a beautifully cosy, second chance romance filled with warmth, gentle humour and a dash of festive spirit. Set between the charming English village of Willowbrook and the sunlit countryside of the South of France, this book perfectly