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Seven Signs of Life- Aoife Abbey

Synopsis

‘Seven Signs of Life’ is the memoir of an intensive care doctor. Aoife Abbey is the former BMC @TheSecretDr and this book has also been sold under the name ‘The Secret Doctor’

Review

I’ve read a lot of medical memoirs, but this one is different. There is medicine in there, but it’s not the main focus of the book. The main focus is on the emotions that come from working with…

Sworn Virgin- Elvira Dones

I read Sworn Virgin all the way back in February, but waited to post the review on twitter then forgot to cross-post it.

It was my feminist bookclub’s last ready pre-covid, so the last time we met in person, it seems so long ago now!

Synopsis

‘Sworn Virgin’ is about Hana/Mark. Hana follows an Albanian tradition where the girl in a family becomes a man. We see what brings her there, and…

All the books in this months @kindleuk deals of the moment are 99p!

Every month amazon has a set of kindle monthly deals. Whenever there are deals of interest I post on here. Links are associate links but the money goes back into the blog.

So I’m going to briefly talk about the books I’ve read which are on offer, and those that I have bought myself. Why I liked them/bought them, and what they are about. End links are to the amazon page, any other links are to…

How To Be Famous- Caitlin Moran

WordPress has a new way to embed tweets…I’m not sure. I preferred the graphic side of screen grab and paste (as in my last review), but this is easier than either that or separately embedding each tweet, and it’s possible to edit the tweets to make them more like a ‘standard’ review. What do you think?

Synopsis

‘How to be Famous’ is the follow-up to ‘How to Build a Girl’it continues the…

Problems with ‘The Help’

A quick note before we start. I write this from a position of relative privilege. I am a white, straight, cis-gendered, female, from a middle-class background. With this in mind I do not presume to think I understand what it is like to live as a person of BAME background. I do however know that as well as issues with policing and crime people of BAME backgrounds face inequalities in health, educa…

Deals of the Moment- June 2020

Every month amazon has a set of kindle monthly deals. Whenever there are deals of interest I post on here. Links are associate links but the money goes back into the blog.

So I’m going to briefly talk about the books I’ve read which are on offer, and those that I have bought myself. Why I liked them/bought them, and what they are about. End links are to the amazon page, any other links are to my…

Adults- Emma Jane Unsworth

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So this year I’m trying something new, to increase output…or something like that. I’m posting reviews on twitter first, then posting them across to here (or at least that is the plan). They are a bit less structured and formal than my usual reviews, but I’m trying it out. Let me know what you think.

This first one is ‘In Stitches’ by Nick Edwards, I put the review up on twitter some time ago and…

International Women’s Day: Bookgroup Books

Hey! Surprise, yes it’s me! I don’t even want to see how long it has been since I last posted. I really wanted to write a post yesterday, but I wasn’t sure what to review, then I remembered it’s International Women’s Day today, so I thought why not write something for that?

Anyway, I’ve mentioned before that I’m in this great Feminist Bookgroup. We read books (obviously) and talk about them but…

Early Riser- Jasper Fforde

Synopsis

In a world where humans hibernate there are always people who stay awake during the freezing Winter to keep humanity safe. It’s Charlie’s first Winter working with the Winter Consul, but things aren’t exactly going to plan, Charlie is having dreams which seem to be coming true, and Charlie suspects things are not quite as they seem.

Review

One of the tasks during ‘Bout of Books’ was to…

Bout of Books- Day 7/overall round-up

Hia readers!

That’s it ‘Bout Of Books’ is done. How is it over so quick?

I did pretty well on my goals, I missed out on 2 daily challenges, one because of time, and one because of a lack of inspiration. I more or less reached my reading goals, and I read one book I hadn’t intended to so I’m happy with that.

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (Done)

Finish my two current reads (Done!)

Bout of Books- Day 6 round-up

Hia readers!

How is it the last day tomorrow?! Have a look at it all at ‘Bout Of Books’

Here are my goals…

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (Done)

Finish my two current reads (Done!)

Read my next book group read (started)

Participate in instagram and twitter/daily challenges every day.

…I might manage to finish ‘Liar’ tomorrow

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Bout of Books- Day 5 round-up

Hia readers!

Happy day 5! Just the weekend left. Have a look at it all at ‘Bout Of Books’

Here are my goals…

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (! book left!)

Finish my two current reads (Done!)

Read my next book group read (started)

Participate in instagram and twitter/daily challenges every day.

Yesterday I didn’t think I’d make it…but today I feel more optimistic!

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Bout of Books- Day 4 round-up

Hia readers!

How is it day 4 already?  I feel like Bout of Books just started

Here are my goals…

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (apparently I’m 3 books behind, even after finishing one yesterday)

Finish my two current reads (I’ve finished 1 already!)

Read my next book group read

Participate in instagram and twitter/daily challenges every day.

I already know I’m not going to make…

Bout of Books- Day 3 round-up

Hia readers!

Almost the end of day 3 of Bout of Books.

Here are my goals…

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (apparently I’m 3 books behind, even after finishing one yesterday)

Finish my two current reads (I’ve finished 1 already!)

Read my next book group read

Participate in instagram and twitter/dailychallenges every day. (actually didn’t manage the daily challenge today…lack of…

Bout of Books- Day 2 round-up

Hia readers!

Almost the end of day 2 of Bout of Books. I feel like this is a great way to spend a week of

Here are my goals…

Catch up to my goodreads reading challenge goal (apparently I’m 3 books behind, even after finishing one yesterday)

Finish my two current reads (I’ve finished 1 already!)

Read my next book group read

Participate in instagram and twitter/daily challenges every day.

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