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– 40 – family history/family mystery

Monica Dunkley

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March 14, 2017

This is how you end up losing a whole day … First you need to have a few books to put into your bookcase and because they’re in colour order this always require a little bit of shuffling and moving. Then you end up getting slightly distracted and start looking for books you haven’t read yet …

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– 32 – D is for Dunmore, Helen Dunmore

Monica Dunkley

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March 1, 2017

Another kindle book because we were going skiing and didn’t want to take with me my vintage Penguins (don’t you love those old orange covers?) of Monica Dickens… I had read ‘Zennor in Darkness’ a few years back and remember I had enjoyed her writing voice very much, so I was pretty sure I’d enjoy …

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– 9 – B is for Buck, Pearl S Buck

Monica Dunkley

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January 23, 2017

What a surprise of a book.  I only picked it because I needed an author beginning with the letter ‘B’ this time and it was the first one I came across on my kindle. I just couldn’t put it down. It’s a family saga, it’s a wonderful portrait of a woman, it’s a snapshot of …

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– 4 – A is for Atwood, Margaret Atwood

Monica Dunkley

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January 15, 2017

This is a picture of a screenshot of a photograph of a book cover. Still with me?  Good because I’m barely hanging in there too… Sunday night and all that… Anyway in a case of platform cross-pollination I’ve decided to jump on the Instagram bandwagon of bookmusings and join the AtoZ Book Challenge.  I’m sure it’s …

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