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Books read in February 2017

First of all - happy World Book Day everyone! A perfect day to look back on the books I read in February I think.    It wasn't a bumper book month for me. I was concentrating on editing my own book but I managed to read three novels and one non-fiction - a humorous self-help… Continue reading Books read in February 2017

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Books read in January 2017

A new year means new books hurrah! I want to read a few more nonfiction books this year as well as my usual pile of novels, and I've made a start on that this month. Here are all the books I read in January. The novels are on the left and the non-fiction on the… Continue reading Books read in January 2017

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Books read July – December 2016

Earlier last year I posted all the books I had read during the first six months of the year and chose my favourite six (https://victoria-writes.com/2016/07/07/books-read-january-june-2016/) so here is what I read in the second half of the year:                My six favourites from July to December were:    I love Colleen… Continue reading Books read July – December 2016

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Meeting Readers Is My New Favourite Thing

This week, I took part in my first ever author event! I joined authors Sheila O'Flanagan and Jo Thomas at Foyles in Birmingham. Here we are waiting to go on ...    We started the evening with each of us saying a few words about our books and then we did a short reading. It… Continue reading Meeting Readers Is My New Favourite Thing

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Summer Sale

   I just wanted to share with you all The Second Love Of My Life eBook price has been slashed to a bargainous 99p hurrah! Amazon: http://amzn.to/21KBvJp iBooks: https://itun.es/gb/j_Ex7.l Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-second-love-of-my-life?sp_AC=1 I would love to hit 100 reviews on Amazon, and am planning a giveaway to celebrate when we do, so if you have read… Continue reading Summer Sale

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My Favourite Feel-good Fiction 

When you are nervous to switch on the news because the whole world seems to be descending into chaos, fiction becomes an escape route, you get to enter into different worlds from your own and lose yourself in someone else's story which naturally has a happy ending.  We could all probably do with a bit… Continue reading My Favourite Feel-good Fiction 

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One month on 

 Wow how has it been a month since my novel was published?! It's all been a whirlwind and I've neglected to share some of the fab things that have happened on here. Appearing in my local newspapers ...        A review in a national newspaper! The Daily Mail ...     Magazine reviews ...   … Continue reading One month on