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    [REVIEW] Deal Breaker – Harlan Coben

    June 15, 2017 /

    A fast-paced amateur detective novel. This book is based in America, surrounding a sports agent and part-time detective Myron Bolitar. A girl has gone missing over a year ago and her current partner at the time is signed to Myron’s agency. He rings and says he has information regarding the girl (Kathy)’s disappearance and so Myron sets up an investigation. This book is just under 400 pages long and is a decently paced book that keeps the attention for long periods of time. There is enough suspense that makes you wonder what is going on and gets you to read more. The main parts of the story that draws you in aren’t…

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    [REVIEW] The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne.

    July 4, 2017

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    October 31, 2017

    [REVIEW] Harry Potter 1 (atPS) – J.K. Rowling

    August 15, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] #ad Born Bad – Marnie Riches.

    June 1, 2017 /

    GIFTED* As I am drawing close; finishing this book, I have grown attached to the characters and storyline. I don’t want to ruin it for people but there are some OMG moments throughout. The book is based in Manchester and it is about the underbelly and “gangsters” of the city. Many reviewers have said it is gritty. I don’t think it is that dramatic if you take into account the actual storyline. Although at the beginning I was just asking for someone to take this book off my hands, by the middle I decided it is a slow burner and take a while to acclimatise yourself to the people in the book…

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    [REVIEW] Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher.

    May 21, 2017

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    January 13, 2018

    [REVIEW] #ad The Wrong Suspect – Leigh Russell

    June 29, 2017
  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher.

    May 21, 2017 /

    The real reason for reading this amounts to hearing all about it and seeing adverts related to “Netflix” tv show tie-in. As you can imagine there will always be comparisons to TV vs Book, but it depends on which way you watch/read them. The book is written in 3 ways: past, present, and narrator. The ‘looking back’ past is thoughts by Clay,  and the Present is the same. However, the Narrator (of the tapes) is, as the boy Clay listens to them, voiced as if you were listening to her; Hannah Baker. I’m sure you have by now heard of the basic storyline. The boy Clay receives a shoebox full of numbered cassette tapes (ask…

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    October 31, 2017

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    August 15, 2017

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  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] Sherlock Holmes & the Titanic Tragedy – William Seil

    May 18, 2017 /

      You can thoroughly absorb yourself in the real people involved. as well as enjoy meeting new and old Sherlockian fictional characters from both A.C.Doyle’s world. It is set in 1912 and although this is an original story by another author, it still maintains a similar sound to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s infamous mystery series. You read through Watson voice and point of view, which makes it interesting. It is also based when both Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are ageing up into their 60s, semi-retired but still as sharp and quick-witted as they always were. The contrast between the two females Miss Norton and Miss Storm-fleming are interesting. One; being more masculine…

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    [REVIEW] #ad Pigeon Blood-Red – Ed Duncan

    May 23, 2018

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  • Books,  REVIEWS

    [REVIEW] The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett

    May 16, 2017 /

    The basic idea of this book was good but I found it hard to get my head into it. It is aimed at the fantasy and science fiction genre. This is a brilliant book that starts off the Disc-world series by Terry Pratchett. It is the book you are meant to start off reading and divulge into his world; of some normal, some extraordinary characters, that are in various books, throughout the series. The book shows you the events that take place around a dopey wizard called Rincewind and his merry bunch of people he meets along the way. The person, if you want to call it/him/her that, who comes…

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About Me

I’m 30 something years old, from South Wales, (near Cardiff) UK.

I volunteered at the library 2017-2020, then re-joined as a volunteer in 2022, after Covid & Lockdown ended.

I started this blog in May 2017.

Full-time Creative, who loves pasta & eating freshly cooked food while drinking lots of coffee & alcohol…
*Favourites include Costa, Nescafe | Gordons (pink), Smirnoff & Carling*

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