The Reader's Room

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

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

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

1001 Books Roundup: December 2019

This months winners and losers…

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Read Around the World: Togo

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In December our read around the world trip took us to Togo so what have we learnt about this fascinating country?

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1001 Books: The Memory of Fire Trilogy by Eduardo Galeano

For the last quarter of 2019 I have been plunged into the world of Latin America and its colonisation by Europe. Instead of the usual sanitised history Galeano brings us the story from the point of view of the first people and trust me it is very different from the history I was taught at school.

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Read Around the World 2020

For those of you who had been wondering if we were continuing reading around the world next year the answer is “hell yeah” for those of you who want to get planning already read on…

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1001 Books Round-up November 2019

Our winners and losers are…

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I Dare You by Sam Carrington

I Dare You by Sam Carrington
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]

This ARC was provided by Avon Books UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

At what point does the childish game of knock down ginger (or knock knock ginger as it’s known in this book) become something more?

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Book vs TV Adaptation: Vienna Blood aka The Liebermann Papers

I don’t normally watch TV but while my hubby channel hopped a trailer caught our eyes at the end of the trailer hubby said “have you read that then” to my horror I had not, a situation I quickly remedied in time for the first show (I have only read the first book)

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