Tag: Bookworm 2023
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Library Hopping in Manchester and Liverpool (2023)
Solo travel means checking out bookish places whenever I can – so when I visited a friend last year, I made sure to tick off whatever I can. Here are 4 incredible places I went to as I went library-hopping across Manchester and Liverpool!
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My 2023 in Books + Top 10 Reads of the Year & 2024 Bookish Resolutions
Tracking the books I read and analysing my yearly reading habits has been a therapeutic thing ever since I started doing it. It’s a fun and unique way of looking back to the year that passed. Most of the time, my reading patterns reflect the experiences I had or wanted to have (longings) in a…
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Where Dreams & Reality Collide: Sputnik Sweetheart Play (2023)
It was a random Monday when I saw the Sputnik Sweetheart play announcement in a Murakami newsletter. A couple of happy coincidences happened and I found myself in London, in a theatre in the middle of nowhere, and trying my best to contain my excitement to see this play.
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Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
3.5/5☕ | Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott as she navigates the treacherous and misogynistic 1950’s society and workplace. If you like a strong female character, with focus on how she overcame hurdles in life, this may be a book that you would enjoy.
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Visiting Chetham’s Library – The UK’s Oldest Public Library
Chetham’s Library, located in Manchester, England, is considered to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. If you’re a literary nerd or a history buff, this is definitely a must-visit.
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Review: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
3.5/5☕ | If you like a short atmospheric book that explores moral dilemma amidst complacency of the majority, and what it means to hold on to your values – Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These might be for you.
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Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
4/5☕ | In true Matt Haig fashion, The Midnight Library offered up a lot of life lessons and nuggets of wisdom that will stick to most readers’ hearts – as it stuck to mine.
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Review: Heartburn by Nora Ephron
4.5/5 ☕ | Heartburn is a short but sweet offering from the patron saint of romantic comedies which follows a food writer who, while in her seventh month of her second pregnancy, discovered that her husband is in love with another woman. 40 years into it’s publication and I feel like it still holds up.
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Reading Diary: 25 Thoughts While Reading Normal People by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney’s Normal People could be a bit disjointed at times, but in those moments where it make sense, it’s profound and heart-wrenching and the writing is up there in some of the most beautiful conveyance of specific feelings I’ve ever read. And for that, I felt like it deserves to have a place in…
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(Series) Review: Coffeehouse Mystery #1 to #4 by Cleo Coyle
4.4/5☕ | My recent audiobook streak has given yet another cosy mystery series to obsess about: The Coffeehouse Mystery Series. It took a while before I got to actually read this friend recommendation, but I absolutely loved it when I did!
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