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What I’ve been reading: The Shadow of the Wind

June 9, 2022June 17, 2022by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: The Shadow of the Wind
What I’ve been reading: The Shadow of the Wind

It’s been a while since anything - literary or otherwise - has really inspired me to write. Even longer since I can say a story has really gripped me and offered something a little different to my normal library fare. The Shadow of the Wind did both of those things. Sure it’s one of the [...]

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What I’ve been reading: Small Pleasures

January 30, 2022February 8, 2022by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: Small Pleasures
What I’ve been reading: Small Pleasures

I know we're pretty far into 2022 now, but it would be rude not to start off by saying Happy New Year! However, I will be the first to put my hands up and say, this has probably been the most January-y January of my entire life and I can't wait for it to be [...]

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What I’ve been reading: October

November 13, 2021January 30, 2022by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: October
What I’ve been reading: October

Well. It's been a minute. Safe to say that since lockdown disappeared into the ether, my social life has simultaneously rematerialised. Ironic, really, that my last post was all about my hermit life. However, since I've been plunged back into a temporary isolation ahead of a hospital appointment, now seems like as good a time [...]

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What I’ve been reading: December

January 9, 2021February 14, 2021by Emma1 Comment on What I’ve been reading: December
What I’ve been reading: December

If anyone was hoping for better times in 2021, they will have been sorely disappointed with the first week of the new year. With Lockdown 3.0, Brexit and the teeny, tiny issue of a would-be coup on the US Capitol in the space of just seven days, there's not much to feel positive about just [...]

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What I’ve been reading: November

December 14, 2020January 9, 2021by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: November
What I’ve been reading: November

Sometimes you read something so good it makes you feel inadequate as a writer. Whether it's a really insightful article, an amazing piece of fiction or a new and original viewpoint on something that you would never have thought of yourself, there's just something about the turn of phrase, the fluidity of the writing or [...]

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What I’ve been reading: October

November 6, 2020December 14, 2020by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: October
What I’ve been reading: October

I have no words to start this block, except this: where did 2020 go? I'm looking at the word "October" as I write this and it's just hit me that it's well and truly the end of the year. Like many other people, I promised myself back in March that I would do more with [...]

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What I’ve been reading: September

October 12, 2020October 25, 2020by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: September
What I’ve been reading: September

As I write this, it's safe to say the rain has well and truly set in - happy autumn everybody! Whilst there's many things I don't like about a rainy October, one thing I do like is the chance to snuggle in to my little nest, listen to the rain on my skylight and settle [...]

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What I’ve been reading: August

September 5, 2020October 12, 2020by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: August
What I’ve been reading: August

I am on a mission with my reading. As anyone who reads blog will know, I am a staunch believer in the notion that you can't watch the movie/ TV show before you've read the book (although there have been some exceptions - I have never had the time nor the motivation to read A [...]

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What I’ve been reading: July

August 7, 2020August 14, 2020by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: July
What I’ve been reading: July

With everything that's been going on in the world recently, I, like many other people, wanted to educate myself on the issues of race and racism that are prevalent not just in the US but around the world. Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement, I chose to read Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, [...]

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What I’ve been reading: June

July 3, 2020July 17, 2020by EmmaLeave a Comment on What I’ve been reading: June
What I’ve been reading: June

As if 2020 has gone by in a state of lockdown and we are already in July. How has this happened? Since I'm still working four day weeks and I've had to take all of my annual leave on top of that, I have had a lot of time on my hands to do not [...]

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