Tag Archives: Maggie O’Farrell

Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week

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01. Cocktails and snacks at The Florence – it’s newish; they have a negroni menu; and helpfully the kitchen is open until 1am. A Piazza Rosa above (Campari, hibiscus, gin and raspberries) and sensational oysters with negroni granita below. Continue reading →

Six Degrees of Separation – from Wuthering Heights to Constable’s Skies

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It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading →

I’m waiting for… 2026 edition

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Proving that I don’t actually care about my never-really-shrinking-TBR-list are these upcoming 2026 releases that I intend to add to my bookshelf. Continue reading →

My Best Books for 2023

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I did away with ‘top tens’ a few years ago, and instead I finish the reading year with a recap of the books that are still speaking to me (less about four and five-star ratings, more about what has stuck). Continue reading →

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

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Let your eyes drop to my score for Maggie O’Farrell’s Costa Book Award-winning-novel, The Hand That First Held Mine, and freak out. Because nearly everyone I know loved it. And when I finished both of her completely immersive historical novels earlier this year (here and here), I expected I would also love it. But I didn’t and I’ll (very briefly) tell you why. Continue reading →