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Books I love and what I'm reading...a wide and varied selection!
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Blood and Sand
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Gem Reece-Holloway
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
One of my top 5 - I happened upon The Historian by chance, decided to give it a go and since then have re-read it several times (as I tend to do with…
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Gem Reece-Holloway
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Island Race - An Improbable Voyage Round the Coast of Britain.
This is one of my absolute favourite comfort-reads, I couldn't tell you how many times I've read it but it always hits the spot. I remember watching the…
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Gem Reece-Holloway
A Tree in Your Pocket
By Jacqueline Memory Paterson
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Gem Reece-Holloway
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Oh my goodness…this book. I would heartily recommend it to anyone who is even vaguely interested in nature, trees, forests or the great outdoors. Since…
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Gem Reece-Holloway
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg.
I can’t recall how many times I have read this book…and watched the film. It is up there in my top 10, definitely one of my go-to comfort reads. It…
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Gem Reece-Holloway
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