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Whenever someone asks you what you're reading 9 times out of 10 it's a sickly romance novel by Nicholas Sparks Shock! Another romance book with a love triangle, you can’t seem to point a finger on the one you’re rooting for…. but why have one when you can have both? Falling in love with the fictional blonde dreamy surfer guy if only he were as real as he is in your head. No one understands your found happiness when the two...

Yvette Absalom, the author of Alex and Sally, see the galaxy, released her book in April 2019. We wanted to catch up with the new author and see how life had been treating her since she was published. Did you always dream of becoming an author? As a child, I loved writing and won a lot of creative writing competitions. I always thought I would be an author when I grew up. As an adult, I had a lot of ideas for novels but found it difficult to get motivated and find my voic...

Finding a comfortable reading position Sit down or lie down? Side, back, tummy? Curled up or stretched out? Locating that blooming bookmark Somehow, it’s gone walkies down the gaps of the sofa, the side of the bed or tangled up in the duvet. But most of the time you’re just sitting on it. Sleepless nights One last read of a chapter becomes reading half the damn book because you want to find out what happens next! Post book sa...

Did you always dream of becoming an author? I have always enjoyed writing poems, essays, reports and articles without associating any of that with becoming an author. What was your first job? Before and during my time at university, I filleted fish in a wet fish shop in Kingsland Road, Dalston that had once been owned by Alfred Hitchcock’s brother. Glamorous, wasn’t it? My first real post-education job was as a management trainee for National Westmin...

Learn a bit about our beautiful Cornish county before reading 'Cornish Fudge' and 'A Cornish Detective'. 1. Cornwall is the most South West county of Great Britain. 2. The name Cornwall comes from the words ‘Cornovii’ and ‘Wales’ meaning hill dwellers and strangers. 3. There are more than 75000 cows in Cornwall, making Cornwall famous for its ice cream ‘Cornish Icecream’ 4. Cornwall’s coastline is 433 miles which is the longest...

Erin Curran, the author of The Seven, released her book in April 2019. We wanted to catch up with the new author and see how life had been treating her since she was published. Did you always dream of becoming an author? I dreamt of being a lot of things, especially as a kid. Artist; teacher; chef; actress and, most importantly, an author. Despite all the different careers that I believed I wanted to do, becoming an author was always in my mind as a supplementing career. Wri...

If you haven’t watched or even heard of the most popular Netflix supernatural series ‘Stranger things’ then you must be living under a rock. Today the long-awaited season 3 has been released on Netflix! The show is set in the nostalgic 80s, revolved around a group of ordinary young kids and their not so ordinary friend who has supernatural powers, they get around the neighbourhood of 'Hawkins' on their bicycles, only to be involved in the centre of a supernatural mystery, it’s horror, s...

Thrillers, you either love them or hate them. Action, mystery and guessing whodunit a thriller novel will keep you gripped until the end, therefore makes the perfect companion for your chilled beach holiday. These exciting reads include a mysteriously murdered infant in British Borneo, 1945, and a woman suddenly took without a trace, a peculiar island where nothing seems to add up, a wealthy banker gets brutally murdered in his own home, an eight-year-old girl gets abducted from a playp...

Cats are the perfect companion they snuggle up to you on the couch, they follow you around the house like a shadow, they greet you at the door give you a nose rub and then roll around infront of you, they might even show you their belly (congrats your kitty really loves you) and no matter how grumpy you're your cat will still like you!  Below we have suggested a few books that feature our feline friends in some way or another! If you're looking for a MEOW-TASTIC read then look no furth...