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The Lit List – Food Fiction
Top 10 in Food Fiction Ten of the best for foodies of all tastes. Bubbling Under
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Burton Book Club – group read for April 2023
A double-header this month to complete the book club’s nominations from last year. Read either or both. Book One: The Room in the Attic (2021) by Louise Douglas Description A child who does not know her name… In 1903 fishermen find a wrecked boat containing a woman, who has been Read more…
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Burton Book Club – group read for March 2023
The Ghost by Robert Harris Description A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America’s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it’s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations Read more…
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The Lit List – Schemers and Opportunists
Top 10: Schemers and Opportunists Fictional characters we love to hate.
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Burton Book Club – group read for February 2023
Sapphire Skies (2015) by Belinda Alexandra Description A love bigger than a war. A beautiful woman lost. A mystery unsolved … until now. 2000: The wreckage of a downed WWII fighter plane is discovered in the forests near Russia’s Ukrainian border. The aircraft belonged to Natalya Azarova, ace pilot and Read more…
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The Lit List – Love Stories
Top 10: Love Stories With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we celebrate with a list of the best books about love. Bubbling Under: The following books just missed out of the Top 10. Nevertheless, they each include a beautiful love story.
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Burton Book Club – group read for January 2023
Anxious People (2021) by Fredrik Backman Description It’s New Year’s Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their Read more…
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The Lit List – Road Trips
Top ten road trips in books As we move into a new year, our thoughts often turn towards planning for a holiday. Whether you travel by car or on foot, how about a road trip, this year? The following ten books – some fiction, some non-fiction – might give you Read more…
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Between the Covers – 2022 Retrospective
A 2022 retrospective of reading These are all books read by Bookmark this year, and are not limited to books published only in 2022. Ten of the best in fiction, five of non-fiction. Fiction Non-fiction
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Burton Book Club – group read for December 2022
The Lamplighters (2022), Emma Stonex Description Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week. What happened to Read more…