Catherine McCarthy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@nosetouchpress 4. The Dollmaker, by Nina Allan. This was my top read of 2020. Such a unique premise, and I loved the epistolary sections, the prose, everything about it. Such a clever read. https://t.co/I1pA83Mii8 https://t.co/za9mfGftSz

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Okay, Daphne du Maurier, who gave you permission to crawl inside my 'tendency to catastrophize' headspace?😅 #Rebecca https://t.co/6xjyHl7k7q

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One reason not to worry about low reviews: I just read a 1 star review of the classic Lord of the Flies by William Golding that read... "That Piggy ought to stick that conch up someone's ass."😅 https://t.co/8X1rD2n4fd

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@AgathaAWrites @HorrorWriters Ooh, that's tough! I guess we all have our own definition, but I'd say Wakenhyrst (Michelle Paver), The Silent Companions (Laura Purcell) and Catriona Ward's Little Eve would be up there. You?

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@SadieHartmann I know you've read Brom's Slewfoot. Did you get it in hardback, and if so, is it illustrated? I'm not sure whether to buy the hardback or wait until the paperback comes out in June. Thanks!😀

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it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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1. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke It's been almost a year since I read it, but I can still picture the labyrinth of rooms, the statues, Piranesi himself. Outstanding! https://t.co/HPKbTFD1yT

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For #indieadvent day 9 of 'Indie books I read in 2022' I'd like to pay tribute to a couple I've read from @PressOrchid, namely Sair Back, Sair Banes (Scottish folklore) by @AnthonyJEngebr1 and Ashthorne (Gothic LGBT) by @April_Yates_ . https://t.co/zKfzc0XMJ9

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@TTMusicChallen1 My favourite from 2014 is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It remains in my top 10 to this day! https://t.co/4PNpoydyaq

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@TTMusicChallen1 I guess this one is cheating slightly, but it's a dystopian classic, and in some ways could be seen as an alternate history. 1984, by George Orwell. https://t.co/XZzMI6Aj2I