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Great, varied list. Based on your descriptions I’ve bought A Spell of Good Things and The Ghost Lake. Plus, living in optimism, More Sales Please.

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ohhh I LOVE this so much! I hope you enjoy them/ find them as useful as I have!

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My favs in 2024

Wedding People

House of Doors

Dazzling

The Fox Wife

Sister Snake

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thank you for sharing! I'm not familiar with any of those titles, what genre(s) would you say they are?

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My favorite genre. The one I also write. Besides the fab novels Wedding People by Allyson Espach and House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng- in which Somerset Maugham is one of the main charachters , the rest are all Speculative Fiction Novels.Think Magical Realism. I'm Venezuelan after all. We're born with it in our DNA.

Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu is steeped in Igbo lore from Nigeria.

The Fox Wife is the third novel from one of my favorite authors: Yangsze Choo, in Chinese, Japanese myths.

Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe was recommended by Maris Kreizman's best of 2024, fascinating Chinese, Malay ones. At this point with my post election dread and my husband's dementia I love reading stories that may or may not be true. They take me out of my present reality.

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The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden and The Wedding People for me! Xx

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you're the second person to mention The Wedding People - I think I'm going to have to investigate!

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I bought my mother Penny Wincer's book, Home Matters, for Christmas. She opened it on the 25th, and finished it this morning. Could not put it down. I told her to write a little note so I could send it to Penny. Let her know, if you can! She absolutely loved it.

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That's brilliant, Cesca, thank so much for letting me know - I certainly will tell Penny 😊 and Merry Christmas to you too ❤️

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I took Penny's book into work with me and used it in a workshop about housing law. I think it highlighted to me how a hybrid book like the one Penny has created can hit so many different beats.

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bloody hell Elaine, that's AWESOME. Does Penny know?! And yes, agree completely about the broad appeal of hybrid books that means they can be a nightmare to 'market' but can also find lots of varied audiences.

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Yes, she does :)

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I *squealed* when I saw MY BOOK made your list - thank you sooo much - what an honour! 🤩❤️Xxx

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you are very, VERY welcome - I'm not kidding when I say I keep your book on my desk as just it's presence is a permission slip 😊

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