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December 17, 2021whatmeread1 Comment

Three recommendations this week! The Best Book for this period is A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute! Also highly recommended are Jack by Marilynne Robinson and Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín.

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November 9, 2021whatmeread4 Comments

The Best Book for this period is The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell!

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The Best Book for this period is Old Filth by Jane Gardam!

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September 10, 2021whatmereadLeave a comment

The Best Book for this period is Girl by Edna O’Brien!

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The Best Book for this period is Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden!

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September 8, 2020September 8, 2020whatmeread2 Comments

The Best Book for this period is The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James!

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August 13, 2020whatmeread3 Comments

The Best Book for this period is The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell!

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The Best Book for this period is Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout!

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The Best Book for this period is Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller. Also highly recommended is Grace by Paul Lynch.

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February 11, 2020whatmereadLeave a comment

The Best Book for this period is Sugar Money by Jane Harris!

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