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Paradise Garden - Book Review
Fiction Lulu 15/01/2026 Fiction Lulu 15/01/2026

Paradise Garden - Book Review

Billie’s paradise is suddenly shattered by an inexplicable loss in this tender and moving coming-of-age story

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Book Review
Fiction Lulu 30/11/2025 Fiction Lulu 30/11/2025

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Book Review

Sally Rooney meets an indie movie in literary form as we follow Sam and Sadie’s journey through love, loss and the world of video games

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The God of the Woods - Book Review
Fiction Lulu 27/07/2025 Fiction Lulu 27/07/2025

The God of the Woods - Book Review

A story that is part literary fiction, part historical fiction, and part thriller - The God of the Woods is a captivating read from start to finish

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All My Mothers - Book Review
Fiction Lulu 04/07/2023 Fiction Lulu 04/07/2023

All My Mothers - Book Review

All My Mothers is a beautifully crafted story that focuses on love, longing and female relationships

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Recent reads ✨

It’s very wet and windy outside at the moment so I’m hunkering down with The Correspondent, which I’m hoping to finish this evening. 

While I’m battling my current intermittent reading slump, I thought I&rsquo
Paradise Garden - book review 🦩
‘Our outing to the lake was like taking a last deep breath before someone pushes your head underwater.’

Fourteen-year-old Billie lives a quiet life in a high-rise housing estate with her single mother, Ma
A slightly non-bookish post due to my reading slump, but I wanted to share some photos of my solo holiday to Venice. I’ve been unwell recently, hit a bit of a reading slump and am just feeling a little blue, so I thought I’d cheer myself
January reads ❄️
I had quite a productive reading month to start the year, despite a lower star average of 3.75/5

I found a new favourite book - Paradise Garden - with a proper review to come soon, because it was a bloody good read!

There were a co
February tbr 🌷

We’re inching closer and closer to spring, and this month, I’ve got an exciting adventure just around the corner! This is a slightly ambitious pile of books to read in February, but I chose the first four before going to
Meet the Newmans - Book Review 📺

My first book review of 2026 is almost a full circle moment - one of my first reviews on here and my blog was for All the Bright Places, the first Niven book I read as a teenager and absolutely adored. Meet the Newm
6 books for 2026 
I’ve seen a lot of people choosing 26 books for 2026 - I thought that would be a bit ambitious for me, seeing as I read about 30-40 books a year, so 6 books seemed more appropriate. These are some of the great reads I’m
Currently reading ☕️❄️
I’m currently sticking to my monthly tbr, making my way through it slowly but surely so far, and enjoying this weather! ❄️ I still can’t get over how beautiful the snow is - as someone who grew up in 30-40 degree ce