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Tag: Midland

Midland – James Flint

On April 10, 2021April 6, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews1 Comment

It has been a while since I read a book like this. A sprawling family saga, jumping back and forth between the decades of events that shaped the lives of its characters but also taking its time to tell a story. The families of the Wolds and the Nolans are brought together by the death …

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Q1 2021 round-up

On April 5, 2021June 16, 2021 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

With 2020 done and dusted things were supposed to be different! I am outraged, because they were not. As soon as 2021 started we ended up in lockdown 3.0 in London. And all the magical belief that changing the year will change anything went out the window. It has been by far the worst of …

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