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Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ali’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ali Bacon
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October 2012
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Does it have an actual plot? The strange concept of page-turning literary fiction
A friend on Instagram asked me about a recent read, “Does it have an actual PLOT?” she said, “This year, I only want to read properly narrative novels with a beginning, a middle, and an end, not just beautifully-written descriptions of stuff that happens.”
An interesting comment. After all, isn’t ‘stuff that happens’ a plot? Not necessarily. One bit of ‘stuff’ has to be connected to the next, or p
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In the Blink of an Eye
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2018
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A Kettle of Fish
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2012
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3 editions
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The Absent Heart
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2025
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3 editions
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H is for Hawkesbury: Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival Anthology 2015
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2015
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2 editions
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Quite Weird
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2024
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"I love Victorian set fiction and this gorgeous blend of fact and fiction was a joy to read. The author writes beautiful, compelling stories. This book, like 'In a blink of an eye', is a haunting story that demands no pre-knowledge of the people invol"
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| Whether or not you're familiar with the South of France this engaging and evocative collection is guaranteed to transport you to the warmth and beauty of the midi. The stories stand alone but share themes of fractious or fractured relationships and h ...more | |
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| This book was written as a tribute to the author's father who contracted bovine tuberculosis as a child as a result of which he was virtually written off by society. But as well as demonstrating his courage and sheer (some might say bloody-minded) de ...more | |
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| Author Helem Graham has done an excellent job in bringing to life this character who was a celebrity in his day and a firm favourite of Sir Walter Scott whose characters he famously brought to life on the stage. I particularly enjoyed the exploration ...more | |
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| In this breath-taking many-layered novel full of hidden depths, the heroine, Georgie, captured my attention straight away with her intriguing back story. When her fiancé is horrifically wounded in WW1, we see her unable to contemplate a future with h ...more | |
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