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Hayley

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  1. What a great history! If I ever travel nearby, I will definitely get some ice cream. I want the peachy one 😄. My favourite ice cream place here is Henley ice cream. I’d link to them but their website seems to be having issues, so here’s a picture! The building is older than the actual company (it’s from the 16th century). They won an award for having the best ice cream in the country before
  2. I felt the same way about this one. It was an intriguing concept but there was something missing. I also found the purpose of the relationship to be confusing. Almost as though the author intended for there to be a romance at the beginning, then changed their mind? This one sounds interesting and (although I know this shouldn’t be the important thing) I love the cover!
  3. This makes me even more excited to read it 😄
  4. Ooooh it wasn’t that one, but I just looked it up and that one sounds good!! The one I read was by Alexandra Bell. It’s very like a YA book (not that there’s anything wrong with that, I just wasn’t expecting it) only with some particularly dark references which would have made it unsuitable for YA. Not a huge spoiler, but if you want to know what the unsuitable theme was: I hope I will too, I like it so far but I’m only one chapter in! 😄
  5. I think it was inspired by it, yeah! I’m glad you liked it! I’ve finished The Winter Garden. I did enjoy it overall but it’s not the kind of book I’d immediately recommend to everyone. In fact, I can imagine some people really disliking it. Full review to come soon! I had to really think about what other winter books I owned and ended up choosing The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. I’m fairly sure the whole thing is set in winter but it definitely begins there, in January!
  6. Fox Lane Books have it, if you want to get it from an indie bookshop but don’t mind ordering https://www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page/the-whispering-muse
  7. Ok, that is extremely cute! The noise is not so cute (but does sound a bit like they’re complaining after a long day 😄). That is hilarious . Sneaky possum. You can keep them as pets!?
  8. That makes sense. I wonder whether the stoats and ferrets were introduced to keep the numbers of rabbits down. I also think they’re cute 😄 although I’ve never seen one in person, only in pictures and on American TV shows! I didn’t know about the screeching either though! I like the way the babies ride around on the mother’s back.
  9. Thank you @lunababymoonchild and @France! I obviously haven't been keeping up very well with new releases because I just added a lot of new books to my wish list
  10. And they look up as if to say “excuse me?” 😄. I also second @France, they have the best ears. That’s a lot of invasive species! I actually didn’t know that you have possums in New Zealand. The most interesting mammals I can get in my garden are foxes and hedgehogs (although I do like seeing both, especially hedgehogs) 🦔.
  11. Aww! Well it has been quite mild so fingers crossed! What an amazing view, I love deer. I did not know they’d eat flowers like pansies though!
  12. Sorry, I didn’t explain what I meant properly! It reminded me of A Christmas Carol because
  13. That was a good one! I kind of wish it was a longer story so I really liked Jess Kidd’s contribution (because you know I love Victorian supernatural things). Stuart Taunton’s one felt like a very dark version of A Christmas Carol!
  14. I came here to post the same thing, I finished it last night 😄. It really was a brilliant collection, they had some great authors with unique styles and varying degrees of creepiness! Did you have a favourite story @lunababymoonchild?
  15. The Bone Readers is now on my to-read list too!
  16. Welcome to the forum Josh! I’m swiftly nearing the end of The Winter Spirits (which I’m actually quite sad about, it’s been a great and really varied collection of stories!) and I think I’m probably going to move to The Winter Garden by Alexandra Bell next.
  17. I’ve just finished Ada Lark by Jess Kidd in The Winter Spirits. I think it’s my favourite one so far! Just three stories left for me.
  18. I love that description (although I’m sorry that the book was tedious). I would also have been intrigued by the bread poisoning plot so I’m glad to have been warned off this one! I think that’s more because you don’t feel you can do it justice when there’s so much to say that part of you wants to gush about it. I think your reviews are always excellent. Your 5 and 6 star ones often tempt me towards books I wouldn’t have picked up otherwise!
  19. The concept of this book sounds interesting but does it really ultimately conclude that nobody is to blame!? Or is that quote supposed to be ironic? The relationship between Billy and Jack and everything that happens in it involves only them. Having a child on the vague notion that you’re meant to even though you don’t want to actually parent a child… can that really be considered blameless?
  20. Welcome to the forum Vilandra! I hope you’ll like it here. What are your favourite kinds of books?
  21. Both parts of this are very relatable! I never thought of using the Amazon lists feature that way!
  22. In February by John Addington Symonds The birds have been singing to-day And saying: "The spring is near! The sun is as warm as in May, And the deep blue heavens are clear." The little bird on the boughs Of the sombre snow-laden pine Thinks: "Where shall I build me my house, And how shall I make it fine? "For the season of snow is past; The mild south wind is on high; And the scent of the spring is cast From his wing as he hurries by." The little birds twitter and cheep To their loves on the leafless larch: But seven foot deep the snow-wreaths sleep, And the year hath not worn to March.
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