This Week in Books – 21-02-24
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by Jo
1M ago
This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve recently finished reading What they are currently reading What they are planning to read next A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Things remain busy, particularly at work, and so my reading pace has slowed down from January. The last book I finished reading was Bitch by Lucy Cooke which I reviewed yesterday. What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology a ..read more
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Bitch by Lucy Cooke
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by Jo
1M ago
What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species. Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their species physically and politically. Or female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii. Or the meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert – the most murderous mammals on t ..read more
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Spell the Month in Books – February 2024
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by Jo
1M ago
Spell the month in books is hosted by Jana at https://reviewsfromthestacks.wordpress.com/ who suggests a theme each month. As I just like to look over my bookshelves and pick out titles old and new (I’ve already found so many books that I want to reread through doing this!), I’m doing my own thing and picking those titles that grab my attention each month.   My choices for this month (with links to my reviews if available – some of these I read a long time ago!) are: The Fireman by Joe Hill Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein, translated by ..read more
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This Week in Books – 14-02-24
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by Jo
1M ago
This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve recently finished reading What they are currently reading What they are planning to read next A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Things have been a bit busy over the last week, so I’ve only recently finished These Days by Lucy Caldwell. Two sisters. Four nights. One City. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war – so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey – one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship wit ..read more
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A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
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by Jo
1M ago
When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them… It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer, and it will be one he never forgets. His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to forget. But compassion can have surprising con ..read more
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The Selfless Act of Breathing by J. J. Bola
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by Jo
1M ago
A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasised about escaping their daily lives and starting over. Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all – he’s loved by his students, popular with his colleagues, and enjoys the pride of his mother who emigrated from the Congo. But behind closed doors, he’s been struggling with the overwhelming sense that he can’t improve the injustices he sees – from his efforts to change the lives of his students, to his attempts to transcend the violence that marg ..read more
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This Week in Books – 07-02-24
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by Jo
1M ago
This Week in Books is a feature hosted by Lipsy at Lipsyy Lost and Found that allows bloggers to share: What they’ve recently finished reading What they are currently reading What they are planning to read next A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. The last book I finished reading was Broken Light by Joanne Harris which I absolutely adored. Have you even felt invisible? Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going t ..read more
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The Watchmaker’s Hand by Jeffery Deaver
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by Jo
1M ago
A CITY IN TURMOIL Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning. A RACE AGAINST TIME Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race to stop further attacks before more chaos is unleashed upon the city. Watching Rhyme from the shadows is the elusive assassin The Watchmaker, and he’s preparing to strike… I absolutely LOVE the Lincoln Rhyme series.  I’ve been readi ..read more
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The month that was… January 2024
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by Jo
1M ago
I don’t typically enjoy this time of year. I find January to be a long, slow month with short days and little sunlight, and it always feels as though spring is a long way away. I also loathe the whole “new year, new you” messaging that seems to be inevitable at this time year, and can’t help but think “What’s wrong with the old me?!” So, imagine my surprise at having had a truly excellent month! I visited Iceland – a trip booked prior to the recent seismic and volcanic activity – which was absolutely stunning. My other half and I unfortunately missed the northern lights, but we saw geysers (ab ..read more
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Spell the Month in Books – January 2024
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by Jo
1M ago
Spell the month in books is a challenge that I’ve seen on a few blogs, but most recently on https://portobellobookblog.com/ (do give Joanne a follow if you aren’t already – I love her passion for all things books and reading). I’ve been tempted to take part a few times, and had a vague idea of including it in my monthly wrap up post. In drafting up that post, I decided that it didn’t work very well, but rather than letting all that hard work go to waste (I’ve planned out the whole year already, which is a very me thing to do) I decided to post it anyway! Future months will be delivered in a mo ..read more
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