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Educated
Educated written by Tara Westover is by far the best book I’ve read this year. Well written, superbly structured, interesting, riveting,...
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Never stop walking by Christina Rickardsson
‘No matter what, never stop walking,’ her mother had told Brazilian born Christiana Mara Coelho. Most of us probably heard our mothers...
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A story the world needs to hear
The Magdalene Girls by V.S. Alexander One of the many things I love about my reading hobby is that it affords this wonderful insight into...
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The Keeper of Lost things
If you feel like letting your hair down and just slipping into a feel-good, somewhat quirky and downright ‘nice’ read, consider Ruth...
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The Dry
Let’s talk page turners; those 'whodunnits' that keep your eyes glued to the pages as you frantically flick from one to the next, your...
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OVERCOMING VICTIMISATION
If you loved The World According to Garp by John Irving, you are bound to enjoy Robert Dugoni’s The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell – A...
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Stalin’s Daughter
The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan is a tour de force. The book, a biography of a...
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Two books by Jane Fonda: My life so Far and Prime Time
I read Jayne Fonda’s autobiography, My life so far, some years ago. Since reading it, I often find myself referring to her book, because,...
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Like me, you might have read a lot of books about the Holocaust – and even more about the impact of World War II; but I can guarantee...
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A Brave Book
I never realised how little I knew about North Korea. Or, indeed, how little anyone outside of North Korea knows about the lives of the...
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Things even Gonzales can’t fix
In my research of memoirs (I dream of writing about my own journey one day), I came to realise that a memoir recounting a life does not...
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The Choice by Edith Eger
What qualifies one to write a blog about books you have read? Perhaps it’s a need borne out of interest, the vast number of books one...
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Stranger than fiction
I have a confession: I don’t find non-fiction all that enjoyable. My husband inhales the stuff, but when I read non-fictional works, it’s...
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Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Try and imagine being born and raised in the warped world of a cult society led by men who call themselves priests and regard themselves...
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