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September 2017

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I swore I wouldn’t buy anymore books in September! But then I saw this bargain of a boxset of 16 Michael Morpurgo books for a fiver in the charity shop… #books #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookaholicsannonymous #booksofinstagram #ihaveaproblem

I swore I wouldn’t buy anymore books in September! But then I saw this bargain of a boxset of 16 Michael Morpurgo books for a fiver in the charity shop… #books #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookaholicsannonymous #booksofinstagram #ihaveaproblem

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Growing up with Facebook

Friend Request by Laura Marshall  The book that is, from the title on, all about Facebook this is a psychological thriller for the FriendsReunited generation. It concerns our protagonist, Louise (I am loath to say heroine as Laura Marshall deliberately paints her…

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Booker Prize: Selling my book 'strange and embarrassing'
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The Dreams of a Writer

What did I always want to be when I grew up? Well, aside from wanting to live like Peter Pan and never grow up – I founded CAGU, the Campaign for the Abolition of Growing Up – I wanted to…

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Part-quest, part-treasure hunt that moves between the worlds

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman  This is the second book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materialstrilogy and has such it does exist in that slightly awkward middle-book-between-the-beginning-and-the-end way. It starts though, in scenes that is as vivid a beginning as it’s predecessor, Northern…

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