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A Review: Must I Go by Yiyun Li
TW/ talks of death and suicide A few months ago I went to Manchester to visit one of my friends. We went to a bookstore together and she...
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Jan 25, 20225 min read
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Meet the Bookstgrammer: Haneesa Reads
If you are on bookstagram, you may enjoy those beautiful, aesthetically pleasing pictures, often accompanied by reviews and book chats....
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
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My 5-Star Reads from 2021
I like to pretend that I’m a harsh critic. I don’t want to give 5 stars to just any book. However! These are 5 books I read in 2021 that...
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Jan 21, 20224 min read
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Scottish Author Recommendations
Growing up in Scotland, I often heard the names of Scottish authors being mentioned, both in school and in social settings. It was not...
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Jan 19, 20222 min read
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Gift Ideas For The Perfect Bookish Valentine’s
With Valentine’s Day only a month away, you might be starting to think about what to get that book-loving special someone in your life....
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Jan 17, 20222 min read
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Meet the Bookstagrammer: 2reador2write
Shaley has an amazing and creative bookstagram account, and I'm sure she inspires a lot of people with her creative and beautiful...
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Jan 16, 20223 min read
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Climate Change and Reading
We’re reminded almost daily About the environmental impact of commuting to work, buying the wrong detergent, and how we should all shop...
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Jan 14, 20224 min read
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10 books you should read based on your Netflix binges
Have you spent much of the winter months making a dent in your Netflix “to view” list? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. In recent months,...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
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2022 Anticipated Reads
Everyone has a TBR—long or short, ever-growing or ever-changing. With every passing year it grows, more and more books being added to the...
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Jan 10, 20222 min read
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January Blues and How To Deal With Them
Happy New Year! We are back in January, and for lots of people, this is an exciting month filled with positivity, in which we have set...
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Jan 5, 20223 min read
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Goodbye 2021
And here we have our final Prose Before blog post of 2021! It seems crazy that Prose Before only launched in November – we’ve achieved so...
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
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An Interview with An Author: Gary Wright
Gary Wright is a talented author, who released his debut novel, A Parent Apart earlier this year. A Parent Apart is an emotional but...
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Dec 19, 20215 min read
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An Interview with a Book Tour Company: Vic from Instabooktours
1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and instabooktours? I'm Victoria Hyde, aka @bookswithvic. I'm 40 something (😬) and live...
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Dec 17, 20213 min read
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Tackling your TBR
With Christmas just around the corner, I know as a reader that you will have a TBR (to be read). I class TBR as books that you want to...
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Dec 15, 20213 min read
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Reading the Classics.
As someone with a masters’ degree in Literature, you can only imagine how many classics I have read and studied. Yet, to this day, there...
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Dec 14, 20214 min read
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An Interview with an Author: Jess Kitching
There is a certain irony of a thriller book coming out on Halloween. In the midst of spooky season, it makes the most sense to release a...
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Dec 12, 20214 min read
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A Review- You’ll be the Death of Me – Karen McManus.
*Spoiler free* From the author of One of Us is Lying, You’ll be the Death of Me is a highly anticipated YA thriller. “Ivy, Mateo, and...
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Dec 10, 20214 min read
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Christmas Content to Cozy Up With
Below is a completely unbiased (ha ha ha) list of my favorite Christmas Book to Screen adaptations: The Polar Express Book by Chris Van...
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Dec 8, 20212 min read
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A Review: A Fairytale For Christmas by Chrissie Manby.
This time of year is perfect to snuggle up with a good, cosy book. Whilst I'm not big on festive books, I love anything that will give...
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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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A Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
“In the quiet, rural village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband as he heads for the Front. The invading Nazi...
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Dec 3, 20214 min read
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