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Beautiful nature notes and two great shares. ‘Goshawk Summer’ sounds like my sort of read. Have you read ‘Deep Country’ by Neil Ansell? I suspect you’d enjoy it.

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A Goshawk Summer is a quick and easy read, unputdownable! I read it in three evenings through a long weekend I think...

You’ve mentioned Deep Country to me before Barrie, I now have it in a to read pile along with John Stemple’s The Running Hare...

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Ah, glad I am consistent with my recommendations ... honestly, it's a blissful read. And that is a great reminder about 'The Running Hare'. I feel my 2024 list growing. But first, Wolf Hall!

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Yes!! Except I’ve just picked up A Children’s Story by A Byatt and I’m already under the spell of her magnificent writing also I studiously ignored the next two Mantel in the Wolf Hall trilogy yesterday due a rather jaw dropping price, much as I love and try hard to support small businesses sadly my BA has its limits!

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One Wolf Hall at a time! Looks like I'll be picking up my recommendations from you from now on in!

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Thank you Barrie, I fear you’d be bored very quickly since it is rare for me to pick up historical fiction, The Children’s Book... (book not story as above) ahhhh, such writing is hard to ignore.

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It is rare for me to read historical fiction hence giving it a go with Simon's tutelage. Thrillers are my go to 'easy read' and I am trying to read more (what I call) 'learny' books to broaden my knowledge.

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