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The Best Historical Fiction Books I’ve Read – 8 I’d Genuinely Recommend
Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, but I’m quite picky about it. I want the history to actually matter. I want to feel immersed in a period, understand how people were shaped by it, and come away feeling like the setting was more than just decorative wallpaper. The books I tend to love…
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May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry: Historical Fiction That Feels Genuinely Different
May We Feed the King was one of those books I picked up because the premise sounded unusual. Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, so I read quite a lot of it. That also means it can sometimes take a lot for a historical novel to feel genuinely fresh. When I spotted this…
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The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman: Revolution, Tarot and a 4-Star Read
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through one of these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I picked up The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman after seeing it talked about quite a lot and then spotting it in Sainsbury’s for about £8 (plus it…
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The Best Cosy Crime Books I’ve Read – for When You Want Murder Without Misery
Sometimes we all want a cosy murder mystery without spending the next three days emotionally recovering from it. I’m talking suspicious neighbours, locked rooms, secrets, hidden identities and an entirely unreasonable number of motives – but preferably without pages and pages of relentless bleakness. For me, cosy crime does not have to mean completely harmless…
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Do you need to Read The Woman in Cabin 10 Before The Woman in Suite 11?
Short answer: no. I hadn’t read The Woman in Cabin 10 before picking up Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Suite 11 (in fact, I didn’t even know there was another book), and I didn’t feel lost at any point. This was actually a freebie in one of my Goldsboro Crime Collective subscription boxes, so I…
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Messy Women, Questionable Decisions and Books I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About
Five brilliant books about messy, complicated women making questionable decisions – from All Fours and The Names to Tart and The Safekeep.
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Pathogensis by Jonathan Kennedy: The History Book That Completely Changed How I See the World
A 5-star review of Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy, a fascinating and surprisingly accessible look at how disease has shaped human history.
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King Sorrow by Joe Hill: A Huge, Dark, Dragon-Filled Surprise
A giant horror-fantasy epic that pushed me outside my comfort zone, and completely surprised me. A dark, atmospheric Goldsboro PREM1ER pick worth the commitment.
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Fix the System, Not the Women by Laura Bates Review: Shocking, Furious and Necessary
A furious and necessary feminist read about the systems that keep failing women – shocking, but somehow not shocking at all.
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