Author: gemmasreadingjournal
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Throwback Thursday | Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Another amazing book club choice from 2023 was Lessons In Chemistry. I’m so glad this has been transferred to the screen as it really is such an amazing story about breaking social expectations, all while doing something traditionally female. Zotts strength throughout the book, while raising a child alone, was so well portrayed by Garmus,…
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Indicators!
I posted the below some time ago under another user name, however after another near miss this morning I think I need to share it again; So to all the drivers out there you have a little stick by your steering wheel that turns on some yellow lights on the 4 corners of your car…
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Project Shelf Control! Books MUST fit on the shelves (eventually) ;)
It’s been brought to my attention, on more than one occasion that my physical bookshelf has too many books on it! Now I know my husband means well, but personally I think he’s very wrong, though given that the floor in front of the shelf is beginning to take on some piles too, and I…
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Book Review | Forth Wind & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Right, I’m going to be honest, these books are trash! BUT that doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy them, I did, a lot! They’re a bit like Divergent meets Hogwarts and they’re a good YA series, for older teens, I wouldn’t let my younger teen read them. I’m going to put the 3rd book in…
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Book Review | Colleen Hoover
Well, I honestly didn’t expect to enjoy her books It Ends With Us or It Starts With Us as much as I did. Booktok has a habit of feeding me posts, and over promoting the same books, which I guess works as it eventually leads me to want to read them, or at least removes…
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Throwback Thursday | The Appeal by Janice Hallett
I have never read a book that is laid out the way The Appeal is. If you get the chance it’s well worth a try. This was one of our book club books in 2023 and I’ve got The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels on my TBR pile. I loved the tone that comes…
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Book Review | Day One by Abigail Dean
The blurb… “What really happened on Day One? Everyone has their own version of what happened to the school that day: The survivor, who escaped but is now trapped in a lie. The newspapers, hellbent on turning a tragedy into a spectacle. And the outsider, who claims it never really happened at all… They all want the truth. But who’s…
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As many as possible!
What countries do you want to visit? Now I love to holiday, and this year I have ticked one of the top places on my list to visit, Italy! There is so much food, culture, food, art and did I mention the food. Having visited Rome for a long weekend back in March I would…
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Book review | The Birdcage by Eve Chase
I read The Birdcage between Christmas and New Year, finally finishing it in January and I think Eve Chase has become one of my favorite authors. The 3 sisters relationships shown in the 2 time periods of the present and in the 90’s when their in their tweens and early teens with something happening in…
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Book Review | Eye for an Eye by M.J. Arlidge
OMG this has to be one of the best books I’ve read this year. One of the members of my book club is a probation officer and this made me think of her and the amount she has to do in her day, just to do her day job. I’m quite happy with my sheltered…
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