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Every Day by David Levithan - Is gender important?

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I have recently read Every Day by David Levithan, a book that seems to be on everyone's lips this year, and I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. Have you read it? If not, it is about 'A' who has no body, no gender and no sexuality - each day A wakes up inhabiting a new body of a 16 year old and...

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How do you choose what book to read next?

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How do you choose what book to read next? Now this is something that I started thinking about after an outing through a bookshop with my boyfriend. Both being lovers of books, we spent a long time walking among the bookshelves, pointing out books that were good and not so good. I found myself not only drawing on books that I had already...

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#SummerReading

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Summer is here! I can't believe it is August already! One of my favourite things about summer is the chance to sit and read outside!  Here is a second video I made with some of my fellow bloggers pictures of favourite Summer Reading spots. Here's what I've done with them: ...

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The Cuckoo's Calling

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Once again it is Friday and the sun is shining! It's been an exciting week, we have a new royal baby, George, and a new JK Rowling book! I'm going to talk about the latter this week as the revelation of JK Rowling's latest book 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith took the publishing and media world by storm. Rowling says...

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Confessions of an Almost Girlfriend - Is it right to be angry?

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Confessions of an Almost Girlfriend is the second in the series following on from Confessions of an Angry Girl, following the journey of Rose through the start of high school. I would tell you more but Louise Rozett has made a fab video and tells us herself what it is about: As author videos go, I think Louise's is possibly one of the...

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Dare You To Blog Tour

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Today I'm honoured to be the first stop on the Dare You To blog tour! Dare You To has been out for a week now, so if you haven't read it yet, you have no excuse!  For those that need reminding, this is Katie McGarry's second novel, following on from the amazing Pushing the Limits, and focuses on Beth Risk and the journey she takes with starting a new...

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Happy Friday!

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Happy Friday! The sun is almost out (it's trying!) and it's starting to feel abit more summer like (dare I speak too soon) and one of the things I absolutely love about the summer season is all the festivals, but specifically literature festivals! What could be better than a summer festival, in the sun all about books, reading and writing? At the moment,...

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Your very own book-film adaptation

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Today's the day! I don't know about you but I've been waiting for this day for a long time to come. It is the (UK) release of the new The Great Gatsby film! Is anyone as excited about it as I am? Plans to go see it? If it's anything like Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet I'm expecting it to be fantastic! I...

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