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I'm about to hit up the Waterstones double points event! Do you know if you get them on pre-orders or are they added when the order is dispatched?
 
I'm about to hit up the Waterstones double points event! Do you know if you get them on pre-orders or are they added when the order is dispatched?
You get them on pre-orders, they’re added as they dispatch but are as per the order date - so you’ll get double when dispatches.
 
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I saw Adam Kay maybe like 10+ years ago at a comedy festival where he played the piano and sang comedic type songs - it was a bit of an unusual take on a comedy gig but was fun! I might need to check out his book.
He’s got such a dry, sarcastic sense of humour I have to stop myself laughing out loud in public 😂
 
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I started doing a waterstones order last night, went to do my skin care, came back and forgot about it.

🥲 hate my brain at times. Anyway I came across This Family - Kate Sawyer. It seems like the type of multi generational family drama which is liked here.
 
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There's a 3 for £6 deal at The Works (online and in store) if anyone needs a Friday treat.

(I promise I spend lots of time reading books as well as finding deals on books 😂 )
 
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I started doing a waterstones order last night, went to do my skin care, came back and forgot about it.

🥲 hate my brain at times. Anyway I came across This Family - Kate Sawyer. It seems like the type of multi generational family drama which is liked here.
Speaking of hating brains, I’ve just looked up This Family as I unexpectedly loved The Stranding by Kate Sawyer when I read it a couple of years ago. Would you believe it’s already on my Kindle, purchased in Sept last year apparently! Who knew! 🤷‍♀️
 
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Speaking of hating brains, I’ve just looked up This Family as I unexpectedly loved The Stranding by Kate Sawyer when I read it a couple of years ago. Would you believe it’s already on my Kindle, purchased in Sept last year apparently! Who knew! 🤷‍♀️
Could have written this word for word
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Speaking of hating brains, I’ve just looked up This Family as I unexpectedly loved The Stranding by Kate Sawyer when I read it a couple of years ago. Would you believe it’s already on my Kindle, purchased in Sept last year apparently! Who knew! 🤷‍♀️
Randomly I was looking at This Family last night too. Be interested to know if anyone's read it and what they thought, I dithered too long and didn't order it yesterday but tempted to...
 
I missed out when Preloved was 99p and you all read it but thrilled I saw it on the bookshelf at the library today and didn’t even have to pay to reserve it.

I am aiming to read at least one library book a month. I have enough on the bookshelf and kindle that I’ve paid for but I really want to support libraries and I’ve also really enjoyed going for a browse. It’s a bit like going to a bookshop without spending money. Although often a lot of the popular books/authors are not available. And also it forces me to choose books without being influenced by reviews/star ratings (however tempting it is to pull out my phone whilst browsing!!).

So today I borrowed
- Preloved by Lauren Bravo

- Freeze by Kate Simants
(strapline: The world’s toughest reality show. A prize worth killing for)

- The Flight by Julie Clark
(Two passengers, Two tickets, one chance to escape. One woman will never reach her destination)

- The Boyfriend by Michelle Frances
(Amy comes round after a fall but can’t remember last six months including being swept off her feet. But she begins to find his presence chilling. Is the perfect boyfriend too good to be true?
 
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I started doing a waterstones order last night, went to do my skin care, came back and forgot about it.

🥲 hate my brain at times. Anyway I came across This Family - Kate Sawyer. It seems like the type of multi generational family drama which is liked here.
I’m sure they’ll be another double points deal for Easter weekend - I think there was last year.

Ah I meant to add The Family to my order, saw it was one of the books of the month!
 
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Oh I will be curious to hear how you like The Fury? People seemed to love or hate his books - whenever I see reviews for The Silent Patient and The Maidens it's always very polarised.
So I've read The Fury, and it's left me deeply unsatisfied. The ending didn't feel like justice.

And the narrative style was what I can only amateurishly describe as "wanky balls".

The perspective of the narrator and how they'd say something and then do a "oops, I shouldn't have told you that, or am I double bluffing" was annoying. It felt like balls. Breaking the fourth wall like that doesn't always work, and for me it didn't.

The general plot and story was good, and I actually enjoyed the story right up until the end when the resolution left me feeling unresolved.

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Thanks to everyone on here who has recommended Rob Rinders The Trial…I’m hooked!! Would never have looked at it without your recs (I hate “celeb” authors)
 
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I am finally finished The House in the Cerulean Sea. Thank goodness. That was a slog.

Moving onto The Last Passenger by Will Dean.
 
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Thanks to everyone on here who has recommended Rob Rinders The Trial…I’m hooked!! Would never have looked at it without your recs (I hate “celeb” authors)
It's so good! I can't wait for his next book.
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Anyone got any recommendations for Mike Gayle books? I've just finished Half a World Away which I absolutely loved, want to read more but can't decide which!
 
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