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Illustrator and YA fiction writer based in Worcester UK
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What's Sera Reading? The Librarian by Sally Vickers
This book was recommended to me by our outstanding library volunteer, Caroline.
Set at the end of the 1950s, post war Britain. I got immersed in the well-written setting and described era . The story revolves around Sylvia Blackwell a twenty five year old woman, Sylvia leaves her life in Swindon for a new one in the small market town of East Mole. Sylvia has scored a position as a Children’s…
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What is Sera reading? The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt’s WPA Pack Horse Library Project (Kentucky 1937) this book has us traveling back in time. Baileyville, is a make-believe place but it feels as if it exists. Moyes has filled the spaces in the novel with description of colourful lives and vast mountain scenes plus the minutia detail of plants and animals season to season. we are fully part of this story place as a…
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#alcoholics#books#History#jojo Moyes#learning#library#Stourport Library#wilderness#women#women&039;s literature
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What's Sera Reading? 📚 The Queen of Hearts Saga by Colleen Oakes
Colleen Oakes is the bestselling author of books for both teens and adults, including the Queen of Hearts Series, the Wendy Darling Saga and Sister of the Chosen One. The first two books in the Queen of Hearts series were published by Sparkpress before being picked up by Harper Collins, who repackaged, re-edited and republished them in 2016, starting with Queen of Hearts, then Blood of Wonderland…
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#alice#beauty#betrayal#black and white#cards#classics#coming of age#fantasy#hearts#History#kings#Lewis Carroll#twists#war#women#YA Fiction
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What's Melody Reading? Half Bad Trilogy by Sally Green
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#adult themes#black and white#division#fantasy#hard-hitting dramas#hunting#LGBTQ#Magic#paranormal#romance#urban fiction#witches#YA
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What's Sera reading? Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
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#American author#betrayal#Drugs money#FARC#gangs#greed#heroine#lust#Miami#pop culture#Psychopath#salt water crocodile#Villain
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What is Sera Reading? The Corset by Laura Purcell
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#abuse#arsenic#Artists#charity#children#corset#fashion#History#Phrenology#prison#seamstress#slavery#Victorian#wealth#women
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What's Sera Reading? The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1942. She is a highly decorated author of several genres, but her favourite is always ghost stories. She has written over 55 books in several genres, including the ghost story THE WOMAN IN BLACK. The stage adaption is still running in London’s West End after 25 years. I’M THE KING OF THE CASTLE has been a GCSE set text for over 10…
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#book#chills#classic text#fears#Ghosts#hidden#History#library#moths#old lady#reading#Short Stories#spooky#Susan Hill#twists#Victorian
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What is Sera Reading? The Facemaker By Lindsay Fitzharris
Lindsay Fitzharris with her copy at the UK Launch. Old Operating Theatre in central London. May 25 2022.
A gentleman walked into the library at Stourport and handed this book directly to a college and me on the staff pod. He had taken The Facemaker off our newly arrived titles less than two weeks ago, and now he had to make sure someone else would read this amazing tribute. He was blownaway by…
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#Battle#Cosmetic Surgery#Dentist#Disfigurement#face#Gillies#History#Masks#Medical Science#Medicine#men#Nurses#operating#PTSD#science#Sidcup#Surgeon#war#Worcester Libraries#WW1
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What's Sera Reading? Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo is a 2022 novel by Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart. It is Stuart’s second novel, following his Booker Prize-winning debut Shuggie Bain (2020).
15-year-old Mungo Hamilton is growing up in a Glasgow council estate. He is quite a gentle boy, very different from his older brother Hamish. There is a constant threat of violence in his life from warring gangs of Protestants and…
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#alcoholics#catholic#child abuse#gangs#Gay#glasgow#homelife#homophobia#poverty#romance#threat of conflict
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What's Sera Reading? 📚 The Black Dress by Deborah Moggach
As a big fan of the movie “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” I knew I’d like Moggach’s humour. This new book embraces getting older as an adventure rather than a burden.
Pru goes off to a friend’s funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy. However, it doesn’t sound like the friend Pru knew… It isn’t. She’s gone to the wrong service. Everyone was very welcoming, it was, oddly, a good…
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#adventure#black dress#change#COVID#deaths#friendship#funny#homeless#husbands#inspiration#new starts#old age#Relationships#women
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What's Sera Reading? The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
What’s Sera Reading? The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
In 2022 Crime was the most popular genre across Worcestershire Libraries. Richard Osman topped the most borrowed books list with his latest novel, “The Man Who Died Twice”, borrowed a total of 970 times. His debut novel, “The Thursday Murder Club”, was borrowed 769 times! It was closely followed by Lee Child and Andrew Child’s “Better off Dead” with 733 issues.
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#club#cold cases#crime#diary entries#funny story#kent#Murder#Mystery story#OAP#retirement#solved#village#who-done-it
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What's Sera Reading? The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
What’s Sera Reading? The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
The book is part of a mystery series I did not know when I picked it up off our shelf in Stourport Library. Fortunately, The Accidental Alchemist is book 1.
Set in Portland, Oregon, the protagonist Zoe Faust has had a long life already but has headed to the USA from France for a new beginning. She sees a house that looks perfect, if not broken, for what she wants. Once purchased, Zoe sends for…
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What was Sera's Christmas Read? The Holy Island by LJ Ross
What was Sera’s Christmas Read? The Holy Island by LJ Ross
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What is Sera Reading? The Magician By Colm Toibin
What is Sera Reading? The Magician By Colm Toibin
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#Art#childhood#children#Gay#German#History#inspiration#learning#LGBTQ#Music#Siblings#Suicide#women#writers#WWI#WWII
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Bodenham Halloween Pumpkin walk 2022
Bodenham Halloween Pumpkin walk 2022
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What Is Sera Reading? Fairy Tale by Stephen King
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#abandon#Alcoholics Anonymous#Alice in wonderland#American#fantasy#Library Stock#Stephen King#Stourport Library#young adults
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