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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Hotel Where We Met by Belinda Jones

Posted on 23rd August 2019 By Nicola

I’m super happy today to be sharing my review of The Hotel Where We Met by Belinda Jones. My thanks to the author for sending […]

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I'm a book blogger and all round lover of all things bookish.
Just one person trying to read all the books.

Day 8 of @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is Mee

Day 8 of @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is Meet the Bookstagrammer. I'm actually cringing at having my face on here but there you go.
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So I'm Nicola, mid 40s, from Sheffield. I live with my partner and our 6 year old son and I work as a part time church administrator.
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I've been book mad all my life and my blog tag line is "just one person trying to read all the books" which is very much how it feels.
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Anyway, nice to 'meet' you all 😊

New review: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Published

New review: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Published tomorrow by Tinder Press
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Hamnet is one of the most highly anticipated reads of 2020, for me and for lots of other readers. After reading it, I can see why. It’s quite spectacular. I love Maggie O’Farrell’s writing anyway but she’s written something so completely immersive with Hamnet.
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Hamnet was the son of William Shakespeare and Agnes (prounced Agn-yez). He was also the younger sibling of Susanna and twin of Judith. The story here has two strands running through it. One looks at Hamnet and his life at the age of 11. The other focuses on how William and Agnes met and started their life together. However, this is not a novel about Shakespeare, not really. He’s a secondary character to Agnes, who is so fully formed and so beautifully portrayed that I felt an affinity with her and a real sense of who she was. I particularly enjoyed her otherworldliness, her way of intuiting the past and the future, her way with herbs and potions. She’s just so interesting.
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This story is wonderfully atmospheric. It’s historical fiction but written with that contemporary edge to the language that makes it so accessible. I really could put myself in 16th century Stratford and London. In fact, this book gave me more of an insight into Shakespeare, his family and his work than anything else that I’ve read or seen. I’ve no doubt O’Farrell has fictionalised a fair amount but I’m sure just as much is based around what is known and I very much got the feeling she had done a great deal of research. In particular, I thought she captured very well the properties where Shakespeare and Agnes had grown up, lived and worked.
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Ultimately this is a story of grief and I found it absolutely heartbreaking. Tears were shed. The loss of a child is so intensely moving and written with such empathy that it was impossible not to feel despair along with the characters, especially Agnes and Judith.
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Hamnet is not a book that I was able to rush, in fact it took me probably twice as long as a book that size would normally take, but I’m pleased I was able to take my time and savour it at the pace it deserved. It’s absolutely wonderful.
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Number 7 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is

Number 7 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is my cosiest place to read. I love to read in bed first thing in the morning 🛌📚
Where's your favourite place to read?
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@books2dooruk very kindly asked me if I would like

@books2dooruk very kindly asked me if I would like to collaborate with them and I got to choose some books from their website.
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I chose some books that I thought my 6 year old son would like: an @usborne_books children's encyclopaedia, an Incredibles annual (he's a big fan) and a set of the five books in @_tommclaughlin's Accidental Series.
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Reviews coming soon. Thanks Books2Door!
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#bookpost #childrensbooks

I ordered #Strangers by @cltaylorauthor from Hive

I ordered #Strangers by @cltaylorauthor from Hive and it's arrived today. It's not published until 2nd April! And they donate a % of the order value to an independent bookshop of your choice. Win/win!!
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I love this author's books. I can't wait to read this for my #blogtour spot on 17th April.
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#bookpost
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Number 6 of @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is

Number 6 of @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is to post a photo of the beautiful book I own. I'm not sure if this is the most beautiful but it's the one that sprung to mind.
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This is Daisy Jones and the Six by @tjenkinsreid and not only is it signed, it has gorgeous black spredges and perhaps best of all, those fabulous endpapers.
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Unfortunately I haven't read it yet but I can't wait to do so.
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NHS Appreciation Stack 🚑 For my #stacksaturday

NHS Appreciation Stack
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For my #stacksaturday today I'm doing an #nhsstack and an #ambulancestack to show my appreciation for all the medical profession is doing for us at the moment 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I hope you are all safe and well. Have a good day!

PS that Hilary Boyd book definitely looked green!
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I'm so so excited to be taking part in a mass cove

I'm so so excited to be taking part in a mass cover share today for @wendyholdenauthor's new novel, THE GOVERNESS! This March marks 5 months until publication of the novel on 20th August and nearly 90 years since Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford first became Governess to the young princesses, Margaret and Elizabeth.
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She consequently joined the inner circle of the world's most famous family and as a progressive young working-class woman in a conservative, ancient institution, she brought radical change to the family -- until a perceived betrayal forced her out... 👑
As a lifelong royalist this one is going straight on my #TBR! You can pre-order now (bit.ly/TheGovernessHB) and @welbeckpublish are kindly sending me a proof so I will share my thoughts with you asap!
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Thanks to @tandemcollectiveuk for the opportunity #TheGovernessBook 👑
Wendy Holden note:

She came from nothing. And raised a queen. At the end of March 1933, eighty-seven years ago almost to the day, a young Scottish teacher travelled from Scotland to London. Marion Crawford had landed the job of a lifetime, as governess to little Princess Elizabeth (now The Queen). ‘Crawfie’ remained for 17 years, living on intimate terms with the royals through abdication, coronation and total war. My new novel The Governess, published 20 August by Welbeck, brings to life her amazing, little-known story and shines a fascinating new light on the childhood of the Queen. And here is the beautiful cover!
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I'll pop the synopsis in the comments. Are you as excited for this one as I am?

Number 5 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is

Number 5 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is to post a favourite book series. I knew I was unlikely to be able to locate all the books in any one series right now so I'm sharing one book from each of the three series I love.
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I'm not that good at keeping up with series and I must admit I haven't read every single book in each of these series yet but I love all three.
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Fabulous #bookpost today. Thank you @ed.pr for sen

Fabulous #bookpost today. Thank you @ed.pr for sending #IfICantHaveYou by @tinycharlotte29. I was so thrilled to see a bit of book post getting through!! It's published by Mantle on 9th July.

It's day 4 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks a

It's day 4 in @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks and a challenge today is to post a TBR pile. 📚
This mini pile are four of the books I will be reading in April for #blogtours. I'm really looking forward to all of them.
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Number 3 on @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is

Number 3 on @tandemcollectiveuk's #tandemtasks is to post some Sunny Reads (book covers). Here are six bright covers to cheer the senses. I've read and enjoyed Oliver Clock ( top right) but the others are still on my TBR pile.
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This also ties in nicely with the #sixbookcolourchallenge too which was started by @amyandbooks.
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