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Goodreads 78 Most Popular Horror Novels of the Past Five Years
I love a list to do, to buy you, name it me, and lists we go together. So when I see a list of the 78 most popular Horror Novels from the Past Five years you bet I have to go and have a look. Now, I meant to write this back in October when Goodreads originally published the article (which you can check out here), but life happened, I got distracted by other things, mostly reading a bunch of great books and going to work, did you know they expect me every day? I forgot about the list. Not only do I love Books, but I also just love paper,…
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Books that made me a Reader
I have always loved to read. In fact, I still have my first-ever book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and Mrs Bears Birthday. I apparently loved this so much as a child that to this day 40 years, (almost give me a week or so) later both my parents can recite this book word for word at the drop of a hat. One of my fondest childhood memories is crawling into bed with my Mum and listening to her read to us (me & my brother) before bed. We read so many amazing books this way but the one that is forever stuck in my memory the one I read to this…
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Book Review – The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward
The Last House on Needless Street is about Ted Bannerman, a loner who lives in the house at the end of the cul-de-sac that is Needless Street. It’s the house he grew up in with his mother. Sometimes he goes into the woods behind the house, sometimes he uses a dating website to meet women but theres never a second date. The Last House on Needless Street is also about Olivia, Ted’s cat, and Lauren, Ted’s daughter, who occasionally visits Ted at the house. Ted’s relationship with each is sometimes volatile. Olivia is a target when he’s drunk and Lauren is a captive ward whose warmth towards her father seems…
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