Why Do People Dislike Self-Publishing? When someone mentions that they have self-published, seeking to gain momentum through the e-book world, it is often snubbed by many as a low-brow form of literature. People assume that those who self-publish don’t have what it takes to gain a ‘real’ publishing deal; a…
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Essen: Where is it? When you look at a map of Germany, there are many cities that automatically jump out at you, but Essen isn’t necessarily one of them. Situated close to both Dusseldorf and Cologne this is a city, named European City of Culture back in 2010, often overlooked…
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Why We Love Nottingham Nottingham is a city very dear to our hearts. It is where Paul grew up and is where many family members still reside today. So it is not unusual for us to return time and time again to a place that I now consider a second…
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If you enjoy reading about the bubonic plague, and yes I know it sounds morbid, you really do need to read ‘The Plague Road’ by L.C. Tyler Based partly on fact, with an added indulgence of the fictional kind, The Plague Road, highlights just how hard it must have been…
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Would you trust your friend enough to set you up on a date? The Ex Factor is a novel that looks to comically uncover the trials and tribulations of the modern-day dating scene. From internet matching-making apps to websites designed especially with cheating partners in mind, it now appears that anything…
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World Book Day is a day to celebrate the great writers from around the world. It is a day where children, and adults alike, pay homage to their favourite books often by dressing up as their best-loved characters in order to spark conversations about the literary world. It is a…
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Sophie Child’s latest novel, We Just Clicked, is one of those books that you pick up, start reading and fail to put down once again until you are closing the back cover. This is an easy-to-read romance that causes time to disappear without you even realising it. WARNING – This…
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Romance Novels are designed to make you swoon, and dream about gorgeous people and wonderful lifestyles. They transport us into a world of romantic encounters and fairytale endings. We all love romance, often wishing that we could be treated like the characters between the pages – indulging in a romantic…
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Classic romance stories of boy and girl meet, fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after very rarely happen in real life. Where is the turmoil, the heartache, the deceit, and the messy breakup? What happened to the unrequited love affairs, the stories of forbidden love and the treacherous…
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The Darkest Secret is just that, a novel full of secrets that no-one in particular wishes to share and it seems that it all begins on one fateful night in 2004 when a young girl goes missing in her sleep: “I have no idea what took place at the Jackson…
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