It’s the first Friday of the month, so once again I’m joining Kerry @ Chat About Books sharing my reviews from May 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
I wonder if you’ll recognise any?
May 2017
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry

The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn

See You In September by Charity Norman

One Italian Summer by Keris Stainton

The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

May 2018
If He Wakes by Zoe Lea

Days of Wonder by Keith Stuart

The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist by Michelle Morgan

The Girl’s Book of Priesthood by Louisa Rowland

My Mother’s Secret by Sanjida Kay

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession and the Natural history Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equality Equity by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

F**k You Very Much by Danny Wallace

May 2019
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher

The Wrong Envelope by Liz Treacher

Confessions of a Bad Mother: The Teenage Years by Stephanie Calman

No Saving Throw by Kristin McFarland

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

Bonnie and Stan by Anna Stuart

The Riviera Affair by J. New

2020
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Forever And A Day by Anthony Horowitz

The of Mystery Henri Pick by David Foenkinos

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

2021
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden
Narrated by Sharon Alexander; Rachel Jacobs; Alan Carlson
Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace (Easy Classics)
adapted by Gemma Barder

The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man by Jane Harper
read by Steve Shanahan
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
read by Simon Bubb

Her Last Holiday by C. L . Taylor
read by Clare Corbett

You and Me On Vacation by Emily Henry
read by Julia Whelan

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
written and read by Helen Rutter

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish
read by Steven Mackintosh

Boys Don’t Cry by Fiona Scarlett
read by Ronan Raftery

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
performed by Dan Stevens

Abandoned London by Kate Wignall

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
read by Virginia Leishman

Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
read by Olivia Colman

2022
New York City by Peter Mavrikis

California by Sally Collings
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The Island Home by Libby Page

Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

2023
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

Into A Cornish Wind by Kate Ryder

The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley

Somewhere in the Crowd by Katrina Logan

Coffee, Tea or Me? by Rich Amooi



I’ve read a few of these. I adored The Salt Path which I listened to on audio. Wasn’t the author narrating which I was surprised about but it was Anne Reid and she was marvellous.
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I bet Anne Reid was very good!
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Lots of good bookish memories there!! xx
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Thanks! xx
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Lots of good memories here! Still have to read Somewhere in the Crowd. Great post, Nicki💜
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Thanks Jo 💜 hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
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Hey Bono – long time, no see! 😁
Great round up, Nicki – I’ve not read many of these at all, although you have reminded me that I really want to read The Bird Tribunal x
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That exactly what I thought Jo, when I saw Bono again! 😂 x
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Great round up, Nicki! I still haven’t read Emily Henry book but I hope to start reading them this month.
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Thanks hope you enjoy it! x
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Great selection! I’ve read quite a few of these including What The Wind Knows (as you might already know 😉 ). xx
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Thanks! 😂 xx
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Do you have a favourite publisher nowadays? One that releases books that you systematically know you’ll want to check out? 😀
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No just favourite authors! 😀
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