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A Double Anniversary
Yes, it’s our first year anniversary at Shiny New Books and we’re celebrating with our 5th edition. Please do go over and check out our reviews, features, interviews and articles. Plus, we’ve got a...
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Sisterhood of the World Q & A
The immensely talented and lovely Elle tagged me for this meme, which I was very happy to answer, given that I love the sisterhood. We need to stick together, my female friends. What’s the best trait...
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In the Middle of a Heatwave
I’m not sure I can describe what I’m in as a blogging slump when I’ve just finished my 13th review for Shiny and have three more to write over the course of the week. But I’m certainly on my way to...
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Today Is Extra Shiny!
I’m particularly excited by today’s Extra Shiny because my section, BookBuzz, is full of all sorts of new and thrilling things. There’s the discussion for our book club on Sarah Waters’ The Paying...
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My Experience Is Not Your Experience
I walk into the supermarket. I know exactly where I’m going. I head to the shelves of books for sale and start flicking through them, trying to ignore the glare of the neon lights that fills my...
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New Year, New Us
This year I am determined I am actually going to make some changes. Every year it’s the same old resolutions and every year the default setting quietly settles back into place. And it’s understandable...
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While I’ve Been Away…
‘Don’t you think that forty-eight is a good age,’ Mr Litlove began conversationally, ‘to start a jewellery collection?’ We were in town shortly before his birthday and we both knew my reason to be...
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Shiny 11 is out!
Yes, a new edition of Shiny is always a cause for celebration, so, pop your slippers on, get into a comfy chair with snacks to hand and turn your mobile off. The palace of bookish delights awaits you!...
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Shiny 12!
Yes, it’s that time again – the latest edition of Shiny is available here. Thanks to my eye issues, I haven’t got many reviews in this one, and the books I have reviewed were read out loud to me by Mr...
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New Shiny and News
Our Christmas Edition of Shiny New Books is live today! Do go on over and decide what you want to unwrap under the tree this year… The BookBuzz section is rather a special one for me, as it’s my last....
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My Last Essay And Other Stories
Well, the middle of August is not the best time to pop up in the blogworld after a lengthy absence, but the lovely Numero Cinq online magazine is coming to a close and I have a final essay in it on...
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