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Oliver Clarke

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers

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Stephen King
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HP Lovecraft
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It feels strange to say it, given how often I used to check them, but I really haven’t missed Instagram, Tiktok, etc in the past week. There are certainly people on each of the platforms that I’m keen to find another way of keeping in touch with, but the services themselves I haven’t missed at all. Having a smaller range of things to pay attention to (basically just YouTube and Bluesky) feels a lo

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	A Cat Called Hope 3.85 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cat Called Hope - The Complete Saga 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cat Called Hope - A New Beginning (A Cat Called Hope #5) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Night 3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cat Called Hope's Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cat Called Hope Returns (A Cat Called Hope #2) 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cat Called Hope - The Final Chapter (Cat Called Hope, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Suzanna 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Know Where the Bodies Are Buried 2.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doorbell 3.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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