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Hello Readers! I hope you’ve had a lovely week of reading? Not only have I been reading The Collected Stories of Rumpole, I’ve also been listening to the Readarama themed Penguin Podcast! With an extract from week six’s Toby’s Room, an interview with Out of The Easy author Ruta Sepetys, an interview with author of next week’s pick, The Rosie Project and so much more, you’d be crazy not to give it a listen. Pop in your headphones or turn up your speakers and take some time-out of reading to go beyond the books by clicking play ...

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Hello again readers! Rumpole. Many have read the short stories about the witty barrister, Rumpole, and many more have heard of him. Sadly – and here I go with a great literary confession – I fall into neither of those categories. But! But! As a way of defending myself and my literary honour – I... More ...

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Now, for anyone that read Monday’s post, you’ll know that I was struggling to pick up Animal Farm. Not because I’m not a fan of Orwell – if I’m honest, he’s one of my favourite authors with 1984 being on all of my top ten reading lists – but because I was forced to read it in school for my GCSEs. Exam fear got the best of me on Monday. And Tuesday. Of course, when it came to Wednesday I was a good reader and picked up the book…but only to find the TV remote hiding underneath ...

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Good morning readers! I’ve got a confession to make, I can’t decide if I’m excited about reading this week’s title or dreading it. It’s been a long time since I first read Animal Farm (around 12 years ago when I was sitting my GCSEs) and, as much as I loved reading it in class, it’s... More ...

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