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1001 Books Round Up January 2020

How did we get to the end of January already? Anyone else feel that 2020 is just flying by?

On to this months winners and losers from the 1001 list.

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Book Worm Recommends: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

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New for 2020 I will be sharing with you all those incredibly rare books that get a 5 star rating from me and trust me they are few and far between. These are the books that have that little something extra that lifts them beyond my usual 3 & 4 stars don’t ask me what that something is as I will never be able to explain it even to myself.

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Read Around the World: Taiwan

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Welcome to January and our first round the world trip of 2020. This month we visited Taiwan so what have we learnt and what did we read?

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The Island by Ragnar Jónasson

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My New Year’s Resolution is to catch up with all the ARCs I need to read and review so how was my first ARC of the year?

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Book vs TV Adaptation: Dracula

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Netflix and the BBC offer a new take on an old favourite but have they pulled it off?

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An early look at upcoming 2020 books.

I hit an ARC jackpot at Edelweiss last month and got to read some of the most anticipated books of 2020.  The only one I didn’t get that I wanted was The Glass Hotel (come on Knopf!)

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Still Alice by Lisa Genova

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Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Published in: 2007
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★★★]

My first 5 star read of 2020 and it’s one I think everyone read because knowledge is power.

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Welcome to 2020

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I hope you all received great bookish gifts like me during the festive period, for those of you whose festive periods come at different points of the year I am wishing you many great books to look forward to. Read more