Sunday, November 30, 2025

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory


                                         


 Hardback: 488 pages

Genre: Historical Fiction

Publisher: Harper Collins 2025

Source: Tywyn Library

First Sentence:  In the hammered silver of the mirror, we look like two headless ghosts - our black hoods hiding our faces.


Review Quote:  
‘An immersive visit to the Court of Henry VIII with its magnificence and machinations, its pageantry and plotting' Saga


My Opinion:

I have been a fan of Philippa Gregory for many years although I have not read any of her books in the last few years. 
When reading her novels it is very easy to forget that they are works of fiction as her extensive research brings history alive on the printed page.

 'Boleyn Traitor,'' is the story of Jane Boleyn who became a Boleyn when she married Anne and Mary Boleyn's brother George. It is the eleventh book in her series about the Plantagenets and the Tudors. Once thought of as a high spirited eccentric Henry VIII is these days seen more as a tyrant, a throughly unpleasant man who abused women. It is whilst living in his court that ambitious Jane survives in the service of five Queens, guiding  them as a lady in waiting  whilst watching the decline of the Kings health.  As a voyeur for Thomas Cromwell she was somewhat protected by him, so it was only after his death and later her fateful decision to help Katheryn Howard meet her lover that we witness her downfall.

If you want to read a fictional but well researched account of Jane Boleyn's life at the court of Henry VIII, then I recommend Philippa Gregory's take on the treachery of the court during this period of history, through the eyes of this lesser known Boleyn. 


Precis Courtsey of Goodreads:

#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII.

Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court, where secrets are currency, every choice is dangerous, and even the faintest whisper can seal the fate of queens.

For Jane, survival demands playing every role required of a loving wife who conceals her doubts, a devoted sister to Anne Boleyn at the height of her power, and an obedient spy who carefully wields her words. But in a court ruled by ambition and a tyrant’s sword, Jane must rely on her sharp wit and skillful maneuvering to outthink those around her, knowing that one wrong move could cost her everything.

Philippa Gregory masterfully shines a spotlight on the untold story of Jane Boleyn, peeling back the myths to reveal a complex portrait of a woman who dared to survive at any cost. Perfect for fans of thrilling historical drama and readers captivated by the intrigue of the Tudor period, Boleyn Traitor is a must-read.

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DR Philippa Gregory was born in Kenya. She  studied history at the University of Sussex and was awarded a PhD by the University of Edinburgh where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. She holds an honorary degree from Teesside University, and is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff. Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016, was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Neilsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. In 2021, she was awarded a CBE for services to literature and to her charity Gardens for the Gambia. and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce

                                                       


Hardback: 372 pages

Genre:  Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Italy

Publisher:  Doubleday 2025

Source:  Tywyn Public Library

First Sentences: That was the summer they wore flip-flops. Everywhere they went, they wore them.

Setting: Lake Orta, Italy

Favourite Quote:  “The fact is,” she said, “we’re all born. We’re all going to die. So the only interesting question is what we choose to do with the middle.”            

Review Quote: A masterly and deeply satisfying exploration of art, grief and familial bonds. -- Hannah Beckerman- Author

My Opinion: 

Having enjoyed the previous novels I have read by Rachel Joyce I was keen to read her latest offering 'The Homemade God'  

The protagonists are four siblings Netta, Susan, Gustav(Goose) and Iris. Now adults, they were brought up by their widowed artist father with whom they have a tempestuous relationship. Their world is torn apart when Vic meets and marries, in a very short space time, a much younger woman. This seems to them out of character and they are suspicious of her motives. To make matters even worse, Vic dies within weeks of the marriage leaving them reeling with doubts. Obviously they need to find out what happened to their father and the process completely screws up even more the family dynamics as secrets are revealed.  

An absorbing and emotional novel with complex characters. Highly recommend this novel to everyone as it is a superb read from a talented author.


Précis Courtesy of Goodreads: 

Goose and his three sisters gather at their father's home by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece; now he is dead. There is no sign of his new wife and no sign of a painting.Always close, all that the siblings come to understand, about themselves, their father and their new stepmother, Bella-Mae, will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is.


Previous Reviews:  Miss Benson's Beetle.  Perfect.   Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North   The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry


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Rachel Joyce

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Rachel Joyce was born in London in 1962. She has written over 20 original afternoon plays for BBC Radio 4, and major adaptations for both the Classic Series, Woman's Hour and also a TV drama adaptation for BBC 2. In 2007 she won the Tinniswood Award for best radio play. She moved to writing after a twenty-year career in theatre and television, performing leading roles for the RSC, the Royal National Theatre, The Royal Court, and Cheek by Jowl, winning a Time Out Best Actress award and the Sony Silver.

For a full profile visit her Website


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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney


                                                      

 Hardback: 437 pages                                                                            

Genre:  Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romance.

Publisher:  2024 by Faber and Faber

Source: Tywyn Library 

First Sentences: Didn't seem fair on the young lad. That suit at the funeral. With the braces on his teeth, the supreme discomfort of the adolescent.

Review Quote: 'Intermezzo is perfect ... Is there a better novelist at work right now?' Observer

Favourite Quote: “Yes I would like he thinks to live in such a way that I could vanish into thin air at any time without affecting anyone and in fact I feel that for me this would constitute the perfect and perhaps the only acceptable life. At the same time I want desperately to be loved.”

Literary Awards: British Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2025)Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2025)Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2024)The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Longlist (2025)She Reads Best of Award Nominee for Book of the Year and Literary Fiction (2024)Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2024)

Setting: Dublin, Ireland.


My Opinion: 

The third book I have read by this Irish author and each one has been a 5* literary treat.

'Intermezzo' is an emotionally moving story of two brothers whose father has recently died leaving them both grieving in different ways and causing an estrangement between them. Actually they have never been that close anyway. Peter the much older sibling is struggling as his relationship with the love of his life is a difficult one and he finds himself turning to a much younger woman for consolation. Ironic as at the same time he is overtly critical of his brother Ivan for being romantically involved with an older woman. The character building and exploration of the dynamics between the brothers and the women in their lives tie this complex novel together perfectly.

For me this was another well-crafted contemporary relationship story from Sally Rooney, highly recommended.

 

Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude—a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.


Previous Review:  Beautiful World Where Are You


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SALLY ROONEY was born in County Mayo in the west of Ireland in 1991. She now lives in Dublin. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta and The London Review of Books. Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 2017, she is the author of Conversations with Friends and the editor of the Irish literary journal The Stinging Fly.


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Friday, November 7, 2025

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers

                                                                         

                                                  

Ebook:  390 pages                                                                            

Genre:  Literary Fiction, 

Publisher: August 29, 2024 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Source: My Kindle Library 

First Sentence: In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline.

Review Quote: 'As compelling as you want fiction to be' SUNDAY TIMES

Favourite Quote: “Already there was between them that invisible thread that joins two people who have noticed each other for the first time.”

Setting: London suburbs 1964


My Opinion: 

When I discovered that Clare Chambers, first novel was published in the nineties I was surprised as she is an author I had not read before throughly enjoying Small Pleasures in 2021. 'Shy Creatures' is her first novel since then and has been on my to read list since it was published last year.

With 'Shy Creatures' Clare Chambers has very cleverly taken a true and woven a narrative, with brilliant characters around the event. In the fifties in Bristol a young man was found to have been kept housebound for twenty-five years. The protagonist of this novel William Tapping is based on this man. The story is revealed to the reader backwards from 1964, when William was discovered and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, back to 1938 when William's world was changed for ever. The relationships with the other characters are all very credible with details that felt authentic, if at times harrowing.

A beautifully written and compassionate tale, highly recommended as a five star read.

 

Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.

Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor.

One spring afternoon they receive a call about a disturbance from a derelict house not far from Helen's home. A mute, thirty-seven-year-old man called William Tapping, with a beard down to his waist, has been discovered along with his elderly aunt. It is clear he has been shut up in the house for decades, but when it emerges that William is a talented artist, Helen is determined to discover his story.

Shy Creatures is a life-affirming novel about all the different ways we can be confined, how ordinary lives are built of delicate layers of experience, the joy of freedom and the transformative power of kindness.


Previous Review: Small Pleasures


Author Profile:

 

Clare Chambers was born in1966 in Croydon south east London the daughter of English teachers. At 16 she met her future husband a teacher fourteen years her senior. She studied English at Oxford and spent the year after graduating in New Zealand, with her by then husband where she wrote her first novel, Uncertain Terms, published when she was 25. She has since written eight further novels, including Learning to Swim (Century 1998) which won the Romantic Novelists’ Association best novel award in 1999 and was adapted as a Radio 4 play, and In a Good Light (Century 2004) which was longlisted for the Whitbread best novel prize.

Clare began her career as a secretary at the publisher André Deutsch, they not only published her first novel, but made her type her own contract. In due course she went on to become a fiction and non-fiction editor there herself, until leaving to raise a family and concentrate on her own writing. Some of the experiences of working for an eccentric, independent publisher in the pre-digital era found their way into her novel The Editor’s Wife (Century, 2007). When her three children were teenagers, inspired by their reading habits, she produced two YA novels, Bright Girls (HarperCollins 2009) and Burning Secrets (HarperCollins 2011).

She took up a post as Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Kent in September 2020.

She lives with her husband in south east London and generally has her nose in a book.


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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

One Night at the Chateau by Veronica Henry

                                               


Hardback:  386 pages                                                                                   

Genre: Contemporary Romantic Fiction

Publisher:  Orion Fiction 2025

Source: Tywyn Public Library

Review Quote: 'Romantic, moving and sensual, another delightful novel from one of my favourite authors' Santa Montefiore

 First Sentences: It sits there in the shade of the cypress tree, the Chateau Villette, hiding from the heat of the mid-afternoon sun.

My Opinion: Veronica Henry is known for her escapist romantic, realistic and relatable stories. A prolific author she has 62 titles currently listed on Amazon. As this is only the second of her books that I have read I cannot count myself as a fan yet!

Set in two different decades to tell the protagonists individual stories we are transported to Château Villette. Lismay and Piers are the current owners but now in their seventies are starting to find that running such a beautiful place is rather hard work for them. Their god-daughter Connie comes to the rescue. Great timing for her, as a fifty something woman with marital problems causing her depression, life at the Chateau is just what she needs, to get her life back on track.

Recommended to anyone that loves France and enjoys a feel good read. I was certainly transported and found it to be perfect escapism from this current grey weather.


Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:

Over the last few months, Connie's whole world has fallen apart. Her husband's run off with an older woman, the magazine she works for has gone bust and she's having to sell the family home. So when her beloved godmother, Lismay, begs her to help run the beautiful Château Villette, it couldn't come at a better time...

No one knows the château quite like Connie. She spent a blissful summer there in her twenties, learning to cook delicious French food for the guests, ironing the lavender-scented sheets - and trying to resist the very handsome neighbour, Remy.

As soon as she arrives, it's clear that the château is close to crumbling and Connie knows she's going to have her work cut out. Could it be the fresh start she didn't even know she needed - and will she find a way to save the château, before it's too late?

Previous Review:  Thirty Days in Paris

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In the authors own words: 

I'm Veronica - otherwise known as Ronnie - and I'm delighted you've found your way here!

I love to take my readers somewhere they might like to be, whether a gorgeous house in the countryside or a seaside clifftop; a trip to Paris or on board the Orient Express. There, my characters go through the trials and tribulations of everyday life, embroiled in situations and dilemmas we can all relate to. And of course at the heart of my writing is love. All kinds of love, not just romantic: the love of friends and family, or a place, or a passion (food, wine and books, in my case . . .)

I also live by the sea and head to the beach every day with my dog Zelda. I love discovering new restaurants, and do a bit of sea swimming to offset the calories. I love a bit of upcycling too - never happier than when painting a set of bookshelves with a tin of Farrow and Ball.

My biggest writing influences are HE Bates, Nancy Mitford, Jilly Cooper and any book that has a big rambling house and an eccentric family.


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Friday, October 24, 2025

Never Look Back (#3 in Christy Ward Series) by Susan Lewis

                                                           


Ebook:  320 pages 

Genre:  Contemporary Fiction,  Adult Fiction, Mystery 

Publisher:  HarperCollins (6 Nov 2025)

Source: My Kindle Library via NetGalley

First Sentence: 'I think my love, that I might have come up with a way out of the unfortunate situation we're in'

Review Quote:  Its a brilliantly written novel and has characters full of intrigue. Highly recommended Reader Review 

My Opinion: 

It is over twenty-five years ago that I first read a novel by Susan Lewis and I have continued to read her writing from time to time over the years. She is a prolific author, who writes across a broad range of genre, crime, thrillers, suspense and family drama. 

'Never Look Back' sees the return for a third story of podcasters Christy and Connor and their team with another mystery for 'Hindsight' their podcast. This time the company has been approached by a friend, as a close friend of their family has disappeared. they are worried about her safety as her behaviour is very out of character. Christy and Connor have doubts about the suitability of this live case for 'Hindsight' but curiosity gets the better of them and they decide to try and unravel the mystery.

In inevitable Susan Lewis style this cautionary tale for our times will keep you guessing and the use of Artificial Intelligence is particularly disturbing! Although the books in this series stand alone, reading them all in order enhances the understanding of the relationships between the characters. Recommended to those readers following the series, fans of mystery and the authors many fans.

Thanks to Net Galley, Harper Collins UK and the author for the opportunity to read and review.


Previous Reviews:  A Sicilian Affair.  Don't Believe A Word Nothing to See Here


Précis Courtesy of Goodreads: 

A dead husband. A missing wife. Will they find her in time?

Romy Kaplan has vanished from her home.

Or has she?

When Romy begins posting on her social media accounts asking everyone to stop looking for her, the police are certain she is safe. But Romy's nearest and dearest are far from convinced.

Her husband died in the bath under inconclusive circumstances six weeks ago. And Romy would never disappear without telling someone where she is going.

As true crime podcast host, Cristy Ward, picks up Romy's case… she has the whole world asking…

Where is Romy now?


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I was born in 1956, in Bristol.  My father was a Welsh miner, a poet, an engineer and a thinker.  My mother was one of 13 children who, at 20, persuaded my father to spend his bonus on an engagement ring instead of a motorbike.  We were a normal, happy, nuclear family, living in a spanking new council house on the outskirts of town – my mother’s pride and joy.  But we were going to do better, my mother had made up her mind about that.  My father, an unabashed communist, was writing a book, I was signed up for ballet, elocution, piano and eventually a private boarding school, and my brother, (the real great love of my mother’s life) was going to succeed at everything he set his mind to.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

The Kings' Witches by Kate Foster

                                                      


Hardback:  326 pages

Genre:  Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Scotland, Denmark

Publisher: Mantle, Pan Macmillan, 2024

Source:  Tywyn Public Library

First Sentences: The witch Doritte Olsen is being burned at the stake today and they're making us watch.

Review Quote: Memorable and moving, The King’s Witches is a dramatically rich and absorbing tale  LoveReading.co.uk

My Opinion:  

After my enjoyment of Kate Foster's debut novel ' The Maiden'  I was keen to read this one. Once again the author has created story based on historical events with real people in addition to fictional characters.

'The King's Witches revolves around the betrothal of King James VI of Scotland to Princess Anna of Denmark in 1589. When the ship carrying his future bride to Scotland was hit by a severe storm, it was blamed on witches. witchcraft is the catalyst for the story linking the protagonists. The most important o whom are Princess Anna, Kirsten Sorensen her loyal lady in waiting and Jura a young housemaid. The story is told in alternating chapters by them as King James becomes personally involved in the infamous North Berwick witch trials, even writing about them as he supports hunting witches and punishing them severely.

I knew very little of this period in history and as gruesome as it may be found it fascinating. Overall a compelling and extraordinary period tale that I recommend if you enjoy historical fiction based on fact.

Previous Review:  TheMaiden

Précis Courtesy of Goodreads: 

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgettable voice to the women at the heart of the real-life witch trials in sixteenth-century Scotland.

Women whisper secrets to each other; it is how we survive.

1589. Princess Anne of Denmark is betrothed to King James VI of Scotland – a royal union designed to forever unite the two countries. But first, she must pass the trial period: one year of marriage in which she must prove herself worthy of being Scotland's new Queen. If the King and the Scottish royal court in Edinburgh find her wanting, she faces permanent exile to a convent. Determined to fulfil her duties to King and country, Anne resolves to be the perfect royal bride. Until she meets Lord Henry.

By her side is Kirsten Sorenson, her loyal and pious lady's maid. But whilst tending to Anne's every need, she has her own secret motives for the royal marriage to be a success . . .

Meanwhile, in North Berwick, a young housemaid by the name of Jura is dreaming of a new life. She practises the healing charms taught to her by her mother, and when she realises she is no longer safe under her master’s roof, she escapes to Edinburgh. But it isn't long before she finds herself caught up in the witchcraft mania that has gripped not just the capital but the new queen . . .

Will Anne, Kirsten and Jura be able to save each other and, in doing so, save themselves?


Author Profile:         

Kate   Foster
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Kate Foster has been a national newspaper journalist for over twenty years. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. The Maiden won the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2020 prize for new writers. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children. 

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Marriage Contract by Sasha Butler

                                                The Marriage Contract


Ebook:  362 pages

Genre: Historical Romantic Fiction 

Publisher: Salt, 6 Oct 2025

Source:  NetGalley

First Sentences:  He comes running across the fields in the early light. Eliza would know him anywhere, a smudge against the green through the diamond panes.

Review Quote:  The Marriage Contract is a beautifully atmospheric, searingly romantic novel that is ultimately a celebration of female empowerment and self-discovery. This book broke my heart over and over again, and I loved every word. Eliza, Francis and Edmund will haunt me for some time.’ —Elizabeth Lee, author of Cunning Women

My Opinion:  

‘The Marriage Contract’ is Sasha Butler’s debut novel and I am surprised that despite being sort listed for a couple of awards in 2022, it has only just been published.

This is an emotive story that unfolds against the background of the first Elizabethan era in England. The protagonist is Eliza a young girl forced into a marriage she does not want because she loves another man. Her ambitious and unpleasant Yeoman father is determined that she will marry well. An intense and emotional read grounded in the reality of life in the 16C.

With well formed characters and flowing prose one wonders if the author is going to become a popular new voice in Historical Fiction. We shall have to wait and see, meanwhile recommended to fans of this genre.

With thanks to NetGalley, Salt Publishers and the author for the opportunity to read and review.


Précis Courtesy of Amazon: 

'Once she had thought of them, their love, as a fortress that nothing, not giants nor dragons nor men with fists and minds of gore could tear down. She realises now, that their love is malleable, mouldable, breakable. As soft as dreams.'

Summer in Worcestershire, 1577. Eliza Litton, a talented artist, is in love with childhood friend, Francis. But her tyrannical father, who rules the household with insults and fists, has other ideas. As summer comes to an end, Francis vanishes after a drunken night at the inn and Eliza's father forces her to marry a gentleman, Edmund. 

Thrown into a new, unfamiliar life with her husband who appears distant and cold, Eliza cannot tear herself from the memory of Francis. Yet her feelings for Edmund soften with time; he presents a life to her better than she ever dreamed. He provides her a safety she never had beneath her father's roof and encourages her to paint, to pursue the things she loves.

As she begins to fall for Edmund, Francis is adrift on his own voyage, doing all he can to survive, fixated on returning to Eliza. 

But as Eliza grows closer to Edmund, she uncovers a deceit she never imagined, causing her to question her own loyalties and commit her own betrayals. After everything, who will Eliza be? And what choices will she make? 

The Marriage Contract vividly portrays life in the precarious and unforgiving Elizabethan era, exploring love's many forms; how we can betray the ones we love, and how we can find forgiveness; and explores a woman's fight to follow her desires and find her autonomy.


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Sasha Butler is a writer based in the West Midlands. Her first novel, The Marriage Contract will be published in 2025 and was shortlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize 2022 and the Bath Novel Award 2022, under the former title, As Soft as Dreams.

She is interested in writing historical novels focusing on ordinary people who, despite living in eras so different from our own, are ultimately recognisable in their humanity - with desires, hopes, loves and fears.

In addition to novels, she occasionally writes short stories. Her short story Map of an Affair featured in Floodgate Press’ anthology, Night Time Economy (September 2024).

In her spare time, Sasha enjoys exploring National Trusts and planning trips to far-flung places. She lives with her partner in a little apartment with an ever-growing collection of books and plants.

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