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Being Georgian at Kew Palace

This has been an amazing year for the Historic Royal Palaces thanks to the amazing events they have had going on to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the... Read more

The 04 September 2014 by Mmeguillotine
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The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe

Who but Edgar could take the lovely feline found in so many cozy homes and turn it into a thing of horror? The narrator of this story relates how he and his... Read more

The 22 September 2014 by Bellezza
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Daughter – Jane Shemilt

What’s it all about?:When a teenage girl goes missing her mother discovers she doesn’t know her daughter as well as she thought in Jane Shemilt’s haunting... Read more

The 15 September 2014 by Bibliobeth
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The Citadel by A. J. Cronin (1937)

Review by Sylvia D: The Citadel is a powerful attack on the medical system in this country before the inception of the National Health Service in 1948. Read more

The 29 September 2014 by Erica
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Recently Read: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? by Philip K. Dick

So I kind of made this up just now but it feels SO SILLY to review a bona fide classic that’s widely loved, therefore it is called “recently read” instead of a... Read more

The 24 September 2014 by Appraisingpages
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The Hunger Games & Reading Ya Fiction

Getting ready for school and reading YA fictionI feel the pressure of a new school year approaching and, maybe you have noticed I've already started having... Read more

The 13 September 2014 by Mariagrazia
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Guest Author – Emily St John Mandel on Setting a Novel in the Future

By happy coincidence, the autumn season on the Literary Sofa has started with two truly outstanding books. When Kate Mayfield joined me last week, I mentioned m... Read more

The 10 September 2014 by Isabel Costello
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Connant Nodded Bitterly. “I’m Human. Hurry That Test. Your eyes—Lord, I Wish...

Who Goes There?, by John W. Campbell Jr. Who Goes There? is one of those books now famous(ish) because of the film that was made from it, or films I should say ... Read more

The 19 September 2014 by Pechorin
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RONIN by JAN DOMAGALA PROMO POST

In the mid 25th century the galaxy is split between two super powers, the Colonial Confederation and the Elysium Alliance, who are locked in a cold war. Read more

The 05 September 2014 by Gpangel
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Because She Loves Me – Mark Edwards

Psychological Thriller4*’s I was a huge fan of The Magpies and so I was delighted to hear that Mark Edwards had written another psychological thriller. Read more

The 07 September 2014 by Cleopatralovesbooks
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