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The Lit List – Schemers and Opportunists
Top 10: Schemers and Opportunists Fictional characters we love to hate.
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The Lit List – Love Stories
Top 10: Love Stories With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we celebrate with a list of the best books about love. Bubbling Under: The following books just missed out of the Top 10. Nevertheless, they each include a beautiful love story.
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The Lit List – Road Trips
Top ten road trips in books As we move into a new year, our thoughts often turn towards planning for a holiday. Whether you travel by car or on foot, how about a road trip, this year? The following ten books – some fiction, some non-fiction – might give you Read more…
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Between the Covers – 2022 Retrospective
A 2022 retrospective of reading These are all books read by Bookmark this year, and are not limited to books published only in 2022. Ten of the best in fiction, five of non-fiction. Fiction Non-fiction
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Book Review: Demon Copperhead (2022) by Barbara Kingsolver
Coming-of-age during America’s opioid crisis: David Copperfield relocated to the 1990s Appalachians. Mixed-race Demon (birth name Damon Fields) is born in a trailer to a teenage addict, inheriting nothing but his dead father’s good looks and copper-coloured hair. When his mother dies from an overdose, he is shunted from one Read more…
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Between the Covers – November
Ten Books to read over Wintertide This selection contains some classics which deal directly with the festive period, some we associate with Christmas, while others hinge more on snow and ice. There is a great read here for each member of the family.
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Between the Covers – October
Ten dark tales for Halloween Spine-tingling atmosphere, mounting dread and unhinged characters equal great Halloween reading. Ten of the best modern classics in Gothic horror. This compilation was originally published on amandaread.net
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Bookmark – September 2022
Book comment, reviews and reading highlights. All books mentioned in this blog have been read and carefully curated by Bookmark. Comment With the rising cost of living, we take a look at three ways to spend less on books without giving up reading. Libraries To boost usage, Wiltshire Council has Read more…
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Bookmark – August 2022
Book news, reviews and reading highlights. All books mentioned in this blog have been read and carefully curated by Bookmark. News This year’s Booker Prize long list includes three debuts, the shortest book as well as the youngest (19) and oldest (87) authors ever to be nominated. It is also Read more…
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Bookmark – July 2022
Book news, reviews and reading highlights. All books mentioned in this blog have been read and carefully curated by Bookmark. News As a change from the scheduled programme, a bookish quiz for the summer holidays. More than half of workers say they want to change their job following a holiday. Read more…