I love a time travel book, and this book is exactly why! All the feels, it was wonderful. I love Alice and Leonard. I love the love and comfort they have together. I loved the exploration of possibilities that ‘balancing a bowling ball in the middle of a swing’ and nostalgia. And goodness if this […]
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We just had book week here last week and it was all just too cute; mini Harrys and Matildas, Ballerina’s and Dalmatian’s were everywhere! My nieces had theirs on Thursday and I was lucky enough to go to the school and watch the parade. It was all so gorgeous. I definitely remember book week from
Belinda Alexandra is just the master at historical fiction! I could not have loved this novel more! Spies, beauty, art, and pigs!! What a beautiful tapestry of a novel!!! There is something on every page to love. I read it for the plot (and omg did it twist and turn) and then promptly reread it
SO much better than the hype, and I was afraid it was over hyped! Every page is delightful, every character my favourite; six thirty, Mad, Harriet, Elizabeth, Walter…absolutely loved everything about it. What a gorgeous debut. All about finding ones place and family…just loved it SO much
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So brilliant. I could feel the dirt in my ears. It really does have a remarkable sense of place; Jane Harper is spot on. It couldn’t be anywhere else. The twisties, tiny teddies and dunkaroos, the ice cream tub and tracing shames..it couldn’t have been any one else’s story, Ronnie and Esther are year six
I have just sat here and read the day away! Could not put it down. It was delightful. Especially when I think about the themes in this novel, ‘there’s so much here. Jokes, secrets, stories, the slow unfolding of two people whose lives have been changing in parallel…’ couldn’t have put it better myself! I
SO glad I read it now, what a week to have read this novel! What a statement. What a conspiracy; ‘there are viruses, terrorism, climate change, and now we have babies dying every day… It certainly didn’t feel like sci-fi. Nor did I read as a political tome, I was on the edge of my
What a brilliant novel. It felt too short 😎 this is everything I love in historical fiction; real people living through extraordinary events. I feel like Mab, Osla and Beth are my friends. I feel like I know the layout of Bletchley Park. What it must have been like to lived and fought in the
A love letter to libraries, librarians, book and kindness. This is the loveliest story. It is the perfect novel for a book lover, it completely celebrates that ‘’camaraderie of storytime’ and the magic of being a reader, of being able to escape to ‘for a precious hour or two’ But this gorgeous novel also captured the
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What a hard book to review and not spoil! It’s all about love and knowing someone and secrets…I won’t say anymore about Leo and Emma (how fun are their occupations; an obituary writer and a marine biologist) but just I loved it!!!!
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