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My favourite recent reads: Fleabag: The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge - a beautifully presented hardback copy of the scripts for the TV series. Really useful if you're interested in screenplays. I would have liked more additional notes though. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell - One of my favourites of the year, this is the most beautifully illustrated graphic novel, with perfect colouring. I loved all of the characters, who were flawed in very real and honest ways. One of my favourites of the year. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - a medieval novel spanning the generations as a cathedral is built. It documents the politics and intrigues of life in the 1300s. Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory - a very romantic and Christmassy novel about an older black couple falling in love at Balmoral castle. So lovely and sweet! Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater - the long awaited continuation of the Raven cycle. I ate it up. And OF COURSE Gansey is a prolific texter. Deeplight by Frances Hardinge - I love love love Frances Hardinge. Her ideas are unique in every way, and she brings them to life in a way that's so unusual I can't even wrap my head around how she does it. This is probably my favourite of her books yet (I'm a sucker for ocean cryptids). Old gods and penniless scavengers and lost, ancient mythology and science combined. Wonderful.

Some recent book acquisitions - The Loop* is a sci fi thriller about a boy trapped in a futuristic prison. Goldilocks* is a feminist sci fi novel described as The Handmaid's Tale in space (!) After Summer and other stories* is an anthology by @writingwestmids and @theemmapress A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is about a teenage detective I found Wonder Woman and Emergency Contact in a charity shop! Birthday is a YA romance about a boy and girl with the same birthday, and it follows them every year. Things We Say in the Dark is the new collection of short stories by Kirsty Logan, whose writing is so so so good. *gifted by the publisher

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