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Book Review – Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a wonderful book! Full of books you wish you’d read as a child with hilarious scenes of Lucy reading those books and not wanting to do ANYTHING except read them. Very funny and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Susannah J. Bell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars Or three weddings and a funeral! After the phenomenal misery of Confusion, this came as a bit of a relief. For some of the characters, anyway! Without giving anything away, one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blue Mars

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

Finishing the Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is a mark of honour, rather like being able to say you’ve read War and Peace or all seven volumes of Proust.  With ten years between each volume, I can’t say this series … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Cloud Atlas

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

Cloud Atlas is the book I wish I’d written.  I read it sick with green envy.  How much easier would my life had been if I’d been awarded even an ounce of David Mitchell’s talent. It’s not that I think … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Philosopher’s Stone (Illustrated)

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

On the 20th anniversary of the first publication of The Philosopher’s Stone, I was due to start reading a new book and thought it would be appropriate to reread the first Harry Potter book.  It’s not the first time I’ve … Continue reading →

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Book Review: W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I wasn’t in any particular rush to read this – though once upon a time, I could hardly wait to get my hands on the next Kinsey Millhone book. The last two were immensely disappointing: Sue Grafton hadn’t slacked, but … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I really wanted to like this. I utterly adore the Falco novels and have read every one more than once. Upon rereading Nemesis, I saw more clearly how Albia was being set up as to follow Falco. The first time … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a J.K. Rowling addict

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve been waiting for this day for months.  Possible even years.  I remember once thinking, about ten years ago:  I wish JKRowling would write a novel for adults.  This morning, at around ten, I set off to my local Waterstones … Continue reading →

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