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Sourcery – Terry Pratchett
Release date: 26 May 1988 Rating: ★★★★★ – 5/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link (link is for clothbound editions; pictures above are the versions I own, the paperbacks which I’m not entirely sure you can buy anymore) Sourcery (Discworld, #5) blurb: Once upon a time, there was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it…
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Equal Rites – Terry Pratchett
Release date: 15 January 1987 Rating: ★★★★★★★★ – 8/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link (link is for clothbound editions; pictures above are the versions I own, the paperbacks which I’m not entirely sure you can buy anymore) Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) blurb: The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on…
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The Light Fantastic – Terry Pratchett
Release date: 2 June 1986 Rating: ★★★★★★★ – 7/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link (link is for clothbound editions; pictures above are the versions I own, the paperbacks which I’m not entirely sure you can buy anymore.) The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2) blurb: As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour.…
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Comfort books
So, when I’m not feeling well I tend to throw out whatever new release ‘to be read’ pile I have accumulated and there is a handful of books that I always fall back on. They either invoke a feeling of comfort, or they remind me of a good time from my past (which is basically the same thing as invoking…
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Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell
Release date: 10 September 2013 Rating: ★★★★★★★★ – 8/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Fangirl blurb: Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – JK Rowling with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne
Release date: 31 July 2016 Rating: ★★★ – 3/10 Goodreads link Book Depository link Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter #8) blurb: The eighth story. Nineteen years later… It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age…