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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Offshore (1979) by Penelope Fitzgerald

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🚢 Set in the 1960s, Offshore is Penelope Fitzgerald's third novel, which won her the Booker Prize in 1979. It tells the story of a hou...
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Friday, September 26, 2025

Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) by Scott O'Dell

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🐋 Scott O'Dell wrote this book based on true story of a Nicoleño Native American girl called Juana Maria, who had lived alone for 18 ye...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Olive Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout

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🔴 Olive Kitteridge is Elizabeth Strout's third published book, which won Pulitzer prize in 2009. At first few chapters I asked myself,...
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Friday, September 19, 2025

The Murder at Sissingham Hall (2013) by Clara Benson

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💙 This was my second Clara Benson - I have loved my first; it's a Freddie Pilkington-Soames - and thought that it might be as nice as t...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Persian Pickle Club (1995) by Sandra Dallas

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🧵 You might thought that Persian Pickle Club was some sort of a cooking club (I did), but it's not. It is a quilting club of local farm...
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Monday, September 15, 2025

Agatha Christie Short Stories 2025: SEPTEMBER Reviews

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The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Captain Hastings treated Hercule Poirot to spend the weekend at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel in ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Five Quarters of the Orange (2001) by Joanne Harris

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🍊 My first introduction to Joanne Harris was Chocolat ; I knew I have started that book years ago, but couldn't remember whether I'...