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Didn't post a single thing on here last year cos life got in the way of reading.. I've been out and about and I've been in with a shout (yes, I did see Paolo Nutini live last year at Ally Pally and yes, it did take me almost two hours to get home from there to west London and yes, I did go to work the next day). Anyway, reading took a huge back seat last year because I basically went out living my life and making up for the time that I lost during COVID.  I also realised that my attention span was getting shorter and shorter so I've tried to lure myself away from Insta and Twitter. I tried to read a fair few books last year but my mind just wasn't in the right place so I left it.  Maybe the books I tried were shit or maybe my brain just wouldn't read them.  I tried to get back into the Goldfinch so many times but it just didn't work so I've left it. Anyway, I sped through two books during the arse-end of 2022 and I've already read one book in 2023. I...

Reading date - December 2021 You know sometimes you see a book mentioned everywhere and then the author releases the follow-up book and you hear that mentioned everywhere, too?  That is how I came across this book. It had been hyped up to death and I thought I should give it a try.  I will never, ever learn.  I know that these books that are hyped up always fall short for me but still, I fall for it.  Seldom have I read a book on the bandwagon which I have loved as much as everyone else. Anyway, this book is a murder mystery which started out ok but the more I read, the more annoying and badly written it got.   I am trying to be nice about this book but I struggling.  My book of 2021 is The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I loved this book so much that I bought everything she has written.  This never happens to me with authors.  I have read The Little Friend and am working my way through the Goldfinch.  I LOVED TSH. The Maidens is a book ...