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Category: Reading Recommendations

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Top 10 Books of 2020

Top 10 Books of 2020

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Annabel Smith

Happy new year! In no particular order, these were my favourite reads from the last 12 months (not necessarily published in 2020). I…

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Top 10 Books of 2018

Top 10 Books of 2018

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Annabel Smith

I’ve been in a reading malaise for a while now, and due to some things going on in my personal life, when I…

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Top 10: Memoirs

Top 10: Memoirs

Posted on October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 by Annabel Smith

I read a great deal more fiction than non-fiction, but I do love a good memoir. These are some of my favourites. Cheryl…

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BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship

BFFs & Frenemies: Top 10 Books about Friendship

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Annabel Smith

My novel-in-progress, Monkey See, is about the very unlikely friendship that forms between my protagonist, Danior and a spider monkey named Chacho who…

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Top 10: Books About Marriage

Top 10: Books About Marriage

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Annabel Smith

The novel I’m writing, the first in a series tentatively titled Monkey See, centres on the lives of a couple who’ve been married…

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Top 10 Books of My 30s

Top 10 Books of My 30s

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Annabel Smith

After the halcyon days of my twenties, when I was reading a couple of books a week, my son was born when I…

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Top 10 Books of 2017

Top 10 Books of 2017

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Annabel Smith

Last year, I didn’t read anywhere near as many books as I usually do. I was off reading in a way I’ve never…

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20 Favourite Books from my 20s

20 Favourite Books from my 20s

Posted on September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 by Annabel Smith

My 20s were perhaps the most exciting reading period of my life. When they began I was studying literature at university, including two…

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Writers & Other Animals: Eliza Henry-Jones on Gillian Mears' Foal's Bread

Writers & Other Animals: Eliza Henry-Jones on Gillian Mears’ Foal’s Bread

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Annabel Smith

My work in progress Monkey See features a super-intelligent Spider Monkey named Chacho. Writing the character of Chacho has made me think a lot…

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Top 10 Books I Loved as a Teenager

Top 10 Books I Loved as a Teenager

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Annabel Smith

This list of my favourite books from my teenage years is inspired by Kate Forsyth, who celebrated her 50th birthday by writing a…

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