What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
32
pages
Longest Book
882
pages
Average book length in
2023
309
pages
Most Shelved
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0
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Cathy’s
average rating for
2023
4.1
4.1
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it was amazing
5.00
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Cathy’s first review of the year
really liked it
I was lucky enough to get a proof of Homecoming, Kate Morton’s first book for four years and devoured its 600+ pages over a few days on holiday.
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Homecoming covers similar themes to Morton’s previous books - the impact of family secrets on subsequent generations, what it means to mother and be mothered. As in her previous work, the settings are grand houses (with attics full of secrets) set in beautiful gardens. But this time rather than the En ...more
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Homecoming covers similar themes to Morton’s previous books - the impact of family secrets on subsequent generations, what it means to mother and be mothered. As in her previous work, the settings are grand houses (with attics full of secrets) set in beautiful gardens. But this time rather than the En ...more
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Cathy’s last review of the year
it was amazing
I read Still Life, Sarah Winman’s most recent book, last summer and adored it, so I was excited to get stuck into her 2017 novel Tin Man, which is this month’s choice for the Rockwater book group.
It’s a story about love but it’s far more than just a love story. It begins with two boys Ellis and Michael, who are inseparable. Then the boys become men, and then Annie walks into their lives, and it changes nothing and everything.
It’s a story bursti ...more
It’s a story about love but it’s far more than just a love story. It begins with two boys Ellis and Michael, who are inseparable. Then the boys become men, and then Annie walks into their lives, and it changes nothing and everything.
It’s a story bursti ...more
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