Saltblood is a historical fiction that recounts the life of notorious female pirate, Mary Read. I have mix feelings with this book and how Read is portrayed.
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Spring is well on its way – finally! March has been a journey of knight school and disgraced viscounts, a baking competition that reveals a dark secret, a voyage with infamous pirate Mary Read and first loves.
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In celebration of World Book Day I’ve selected several books that hooked me onto reading as a teenager.
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My February reads were a month of dreaming of hotter climates in the Tuscan sun, I took a trip back in time to eighteenth century Mount Vesuvius and visited a bookshop in Dubrovnik with a mix of non-fiction and fiction that whisked me away on multiple adventures.
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January has felt like an eternity and as February is in sight, I have compiled the books I read to help me fight off those January / post – Christmas blues. This month I was approved for several exciting ARCs on Netgalley that I sunk my teeth into, with espionage of historical fiction, romance and an archeological dig with a curse castle.
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The Shadow Network is the second in the ww2 Secret Agents series. Swift crafts a compelling love triangle entangled with a saboteur lurking in plain sight.
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Hello 2024! I list my goals, aspirations and reflections for another year of books, writing and content creation.
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My December reads whisked me away to Lake Como in Italy, then to the Lake District and then a gentle stroll through a fairytale Christmas town primed and ready to film a Hallmark Christmas film. This month was all about reading for pleasure and dependent on my mood.
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The Lost Gift to the Italian Island by Barbara Josselsohn is a heartwarming and gripping novel that expertly weaves between fact and fiction. This is the second book in the historical fiction, Sisters of War series.
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November was an experimental month of reading. I wanted to broaden my reading sphere and explore plots that were a curve ball to my usual reads. And I did just that…albeit I didn’t like it but sometimes its good to try new things – or so I’m told.
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