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Eddie is an African immigrant in London who has written a tour de force of a play about the immigrant experience but can‘t get in the door at any agencies. Hugo is a white guy feeling stifled by his future in law. When the two strike up a friendship that has Hugo posing as the playwright, will it be a success or will it spin out of control? The answer is…yes. ⬇️

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I finished 3 books. Two buddy reads which were fun if not fantastic The Secret Adversary with #ChristieCapers and From Dust to Stardust with #SundayBuddyRead. I also finished Beautyland which I 🩷.

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Still reading King albeit slowly and haven‘t made much progress on Do the Work. Reading the #NetGalley ARC of the tagged. Starting CT and Margo today. Still keeping up with my daily reads.

I haven‘t used my NetGalley account much lately, but I saw a review of this book & had to look it up. This is a story of a warrior woman bent on vengeance for her husband‘s execution by the king of France. Jeanne de Clisson was a real noblewoman turned pirate during the Hundred Years‘ War. I came to agree with her friend that she followed the course of vengeance too long, but I also loved her story of strength against powerful men of her time.

I always think this author is writing about herself when she does short stories. I kind of like it.

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Pub date is 2/25/25 (😂 cutting it close there)
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This is alternate history. What if the British never left India? A group of young women start their own rebellion in 1960s Mumbai. Stories from their diverse culture are added in and it's all lovely.

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US pub date is 6/3/2025
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#NetGalley #ARC Release Date: May 6, 2025

Loved it! 😍 I normally bail on a long series after about 5 books, but Connolly never disappoints me and keeps me interested, even after 22 books.

This book leans more into the supernatural as Charlie Parker fights to locate missing children with the help of his daughters. The book is dark and gritty and filled with all the things I love about these books.

There was something very meditative about this book. I found a lot of joy in reading it and letting everything slow down.

The food descriptions were absolutely amazing. The ethos of minimising waste by using leftovers to create new dishes was really inspiring and there was a lot of love put into this aspect of the book.

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I recently read and enjoyed Kuyatt‘s Good Different, so when I saw this on NetGalley I had to read it as well. V is artistic and autistic, and she‘s not quite looking forward to spending a summer with her very particular grandma Jojo. Then she realizes there‘s a ghost in the walls and starts to learn secrets about women in her family who weren‘t allowed to be their true selves. Must she also conform or will she break the patterns of the past?

Wow this was such a good read. I will admit there were a couple of sections i had to skip because well they grossed me out. Feet related antics are not my thing, plus another scene which was too much. Beyond that the story is funny, heartwarming and joyful. There is a fair amount of sex mentioned in this but its not overly graphic and often quite humerous. I loved how it was divided up into months and built to a perfect ending. #Netgalley 4*

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