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Blogmas day 1: 5 books I’ll be reading this festive season

Blogmas day 1: 5 books I’ll be reading this festive season

I have wanted to take part in Blogmas or Vlogmas for such a long time but have just never made the time to actually do

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by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

by Nnedi Okorafor

Daisy Jones and The Six

Daisy Jones and The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

really liked it

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

really liked it

Pretty Girls

by Karin Slaughter

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Terri's TBR

Long Bright River

The Warlow Experiment

Tender is the Flesh

The Prey of Gods

Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs

Once Upon a River

Tell Me Your Secret

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

If You Want to Make God Laugh

Where the Crawdads Sing

Year of the Monkey

The Redemption of Galen Pike

All the Names They Used for God: Stories

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Opioid, Indiana

The Other Typist

The Broken Girls

Come, Thou Tortoise

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Book review: Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This is a clear case of @savidgereads made me do it. I saw him talk about it in a recent YouTube video and bought it straight away for 3 reasons:

1. The cover - soz but yes I am that shallow
2. Post-pandemic-dystopia-ness
3. Deserted theme park

Set in the not too distant future in a post-pandemic, environmentally screwed up world where the water levels are rising at a frightening rate and the climate has gone crazy, we follow a group of disillusioned, poverty stricken characters trying to survive.

I had high hopes and I am very pleased to say that my expectations were met. Early on in the book, I had the feeling my heart was going to be going broken. And it was, but not quite in the way I expected.

Dreamland didn’t quite deliver as much as I was hoping for in the way of deserted theme parks (totally my own issue there!), but it delivered in so many other ways. The overriding atmosphere is one of unease; it is quite unsettling with an underlying ripple of /overt threat throughout. The characters are realistic in their flaws. Some will make you want to mother them and some will make you feel murderous. The plot moves along at a good pace and the story ends in a satisfying way without tying everything up in a pretty bow.

I highly recommend this stunner of a book about love in its many forms and survival. It does contain violence towards women and drug misuse, so proceed with caution/avoid if those are triggers for you.

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I read a book! In one day! The Catch by TM Logan i

I read a book! In one day! The Catch by TM Logan is a fast paced, page turnery thriller that seemed to be just the right book at the right time for me. I hadn’t finished a book in about 2 months when I picked this up, so to read it one day felt like a huge achievement! Pretty standard, solid domestic thriller, a little bit predictable, but exactly what I needed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I’m having a really good reading year so far! An

I’m having a really good reading year so far! Another one to highly recommend! #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #reading #readersofinstagram

Loved this one! @marian_keyes characters are so wo

Loved this one! @marian_keyes characters are so wonderful. I wanted to be part of the Casey clan while reading this! #justread #bookworm #readersofinstagram #bookstagram

Highly recommend this one! #justread #bookstagram

Highly recommend this one! #justread #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #bookworm

Book #5 for 2021. This one has been in my shelf fo

Book #5 for 2021. This one has been in my shelf for ages so I’m pleased to have finally read it. An interesting view. 3.5 stars #bookstagram #bookworm #reading #readersofinstagram #justread

Love Blondie, love Debbie Harry, love NYC, loved t

Love Blondie, love Debbie Harry, love NYC, loved this book. It is a beautifully published book which just adds to the enjoyment. And, with much hopefulness, booked tickets to see @blondieofficial in London in November! Fingers crossed we’re allowed out 😎 #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #readersofinstagram #justread #memoir

3/5 for this one. A quick read, engaging enough. I

3/5 for this one. A quick read, engaging enough. It was fine. #bookstagram #bookworm #justread #readersofinstagram

4.5 stars for this beaut! Annoyed with myself for

4.5 stars for this beaut! Annoyed with myself for letting it sit in my shelf for so long. Gorgeous writing. #bookstagram #bookworm #justread #read2021 #readersofinstagram

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