Dear friends. A bumper crop of books this month. I'm sure there's something of interest for everyone. I bring you two 5 star reads plus some close contenders from the likes of Elizabeth Strout and Satu Rämö, plus three non-fiction books covering butterflies, cooking and The Beatles.
If you're wondering how I managed to read 10 books in a month, well, I receive advance digital copies from NetGalley, sometimes months before the books are published. I read most of these in darkest winter.
And #TuesdayTwirl
Dear friends. Orange is a bit divisive. You either love it or hate it. It's a warm colour and definitely doesn't flatter if you are cool toned. It's also quite attention seeking, perhaps in a different way to red, which stands for passion, power and confidence.
And #TuesdayTwirl
Dear friends. When I was working I had two secret weapons for breaking the ice with my international colleagues at various meet ups. Eurovision was one, the European royals was another.
In those days I read Hello magazine mainly to stay up to date with Princess Stephanie of Monaco. Not only did she marry one of her bodyguards, she ran off to join a circus and trained to be a lion tamer.
All very exciting compared to the rather sedate British royals.
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Dear friends. My big book update is a monthly one, a smorgasbord of delights, but I like to bring you an occasional hors d'oeuvres to bridge the gap.
All books have been provided as advance digital copies via NetGalley and the publishers except for those marked with an asterisk. Those I bought.
