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    #bookreview Lark Rise by Flora Thompson published by Slightly Foxed

    Slightly Foxed edition published 2022 Bookseller synopsis: Lark Rise is Flora Thompson’s childhood memories of a north Oxfordshire village, the people who lived and worked in it,… Read more “#bookreview Lark Rise by Flora Thompson published by Slightly Foxed”

    April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by venessa harris

    #bookreview the Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar published by Tarcher Perigee

    Amazon: An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy–including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courageForget… Read more “#bookreview the Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar published by Tarcher Perigee”

    July 28, 2020 by venessa harris

    #bookreview Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2020, no.66 @FoxedQuarterly

    I’ve decided to write my review for the Summer issue on a dark rainy day in July 2020. As always I have a pot of tea and… Read more “#bookreview Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2020, no.66 @FoxedQuarterly”

    July 26, 2020 by venessa harris

    #bookreview This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay published by Picador

    Synopsis via Amazon: Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking… Read more “#bookreview This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay published by Picador”

    March 28, 2019 by venessa harris

    #bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday

    Amazon: A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an… Read more “#bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday”

    December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 by venessa harris

    #bookreview The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster

    Amazon: Between the simple melody of running her violin shop and the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with  David, her devoted partner of eight years,  Grace… Read more “#bookreview The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster”

    December 2, 2018March 24, 2019 by venessa harris

    #bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton

    Amazon: The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval ‘Extravagantly imaginative and enchanting . . . Pure magic and escapism’ Cecelia Ahern After being swept up in the… Read more “#bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton”

    October 16, 2018 by venessa harris

    #bookreview The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – edition published by Picador 1993

    Winner of the Man Booker prize 1992 and the Golden Man Booker prize 2018. Amazon: WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 ‘Magnificent’ Sunday Times ‘The… Read more “#bookreview The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – edition published by Picador 1993”

    September 16, 2018 by venessa harris

    #bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate

    Amazon blurb: The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We… Read more “#bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate”

    July 14, 2018 by venessa harris

    Interesting books sales of 2016

    My picks of interesting sales in the book world from 2016. This information is via Abe Books and Fine Books Magazine and are credited as such: Alice’s Adventures in… Read more “Interesting books sales of 2016”

    December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 by venessa harris

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