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Book Reviews for @_wordgetsaround Magazine. Meet the Author Interviews. BA student English Literature & Creative Writing with the Open University.

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Book Cover for: Silverview, John Le CarrΓ©

Silverview

John Le CarrΓ©
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Inside the January edition of @_wordgetsaround magazine my monthly book reviews. My fiction choice is Silverview by John le CarrΓ© ( @VikingBooksUK ) and my non-fiction choice is: Index, A History of The: A Bookish Adventure by Dennis Duncan ( @AllenLaneBooks ) https://t.co/8NohvNt9a7

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Taste: My Life Through Food, Stanley Tucci

Taste: My Life Through Food

Stanley Tucci
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Inside the May edition (No. 57) my monthly book reviews and this month my fiction choice is #ATidyEnding the new novel by @JoannaCannon ( @BoroughPress ) and my non-fiction choice: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci. ( @FigTree43271680 ) πŸ“š https://t.co/EfhQCNk4LZ

Hardcover, 2021

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rossetti: Poems, Christina Rossetti

Rossetti: Poems

Christina Rossetti
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Tomorrow I will not be posting any messages. So tonight I am going to leave a poem, and it is one of my favourite poems by Christina Rossetti, one for personal reasons that has been close to me for some years and a poem I have thought a lot about in these past days.

Hardcover, 1993

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Last Girl to Die, Helen Fields

The Last Girl to Die

Helen Fields
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Inside the October edition of @_wordgetsaround my monthly book reviews. This month's fiction choice is The Last Girl to Die by @Helen_Fields ( @AvonBooksUK ) and my non-fiction choice is The Flame of Restistance by @authordlewis ( @QuercusBooks ) πŸ“š https://t.co/Yz8teJhcql

Paperback, 2022

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Ink Black Heart: A Cormoran Strike Novel, Robert Galbraith

The Ink Black Heart: A Cormoran Strike Novel

Robert Galbraith
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Morning! A weekend that was mainly of rest and reading. A new week begins. I am in bed with coffee and a book. I am currently reading The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith @BooksSphere and really enjoying it. Have a great start to the new week. β˜•οΈπŸ“š

Paperback, 2023

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Booth, Karen Joy Fowler

Booth

Karen Joy Fowler
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On my blog today. My review of #Booth by Karen Joy Fowler. https://t.co/vJceGg1FfO @serpentstail A complex family headed by a Shakespearian actor but one one of the family would go on to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. One of my books of 2022. https://t.co/7pnS1N0Rr3

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995, Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995

Patricia Highsmith
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Another purchase is one book I have been wanting to read since it was released being a fan of her writing. Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks. This is a big book at around 1000 pages, but what an insight it is going to be. @wnbooks https://t.co/OI7ri9cGb3

Hardcover, 2021

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World, Irene Vallejo

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

Irene Vallejo
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On the last day of the year, my last book review of 2022. Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by @irenevalmore and translated by Charlotte Whittle. @HodderBooks For anyone who loves books or the history of the written word. Destined to be a classic. https://t.co/dqsGdGUvlF

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Little Library Parties, Kate Young

Little Library Parties

Kate Young
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I have really enjoyed cookery books by @bakingfiction and I just enjoy how she writes so I could not help myself to The Little Library Parties: 50 recipies to share with friends. Inspired by some of parties in Kate Youngs favourite fiction books. @HoZ_Books https://t.co/DgNBYEUa5j

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Book Cover for: Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare's Working People, Stephen Unwin

Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare's Working People

Stephen Unwin
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Today, on my blog, my review of Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare's Working People by Stephen Unwin (@RoseUnwin ) Published by @reaktionbooks https://t.co/8eapNpFdHY This outstanding book looks at the working people and the poor in Shakespeare's plays. https://t.co/JRNQDsovnP

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book