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July’s Are You Sitting Comfortably with A J Pearce
Dear Miss Lake by A J Pearce We’re delighted to be welcoming back the lovely AJ Pearce for July’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Author of the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird, AJ has a new book out and it’s the last in the Emmy Lake chronicles, Dear Miss Lake. AJ’s books have been published in the US, Canada and Australia, and in translation in over fifteen languages. Funny, uplifting and full of…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably? June with Jennifer Trevelyan
You know how Rebecca and I love a good twisting tale and this month’s book really grabbed us with its tension and suspense. If you’re a fan of Jenny Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things (Jenny is of course an AYSC alumni) and books like The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller and Kate Kemp’s The Grapevine which have also featured on our list of recommendations, then you’ll love Are You Sitting Comfortably’s June book pick…
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May’s Are You Sitting Comfortably?
The Eights by Joanna Miller Get your mortar boards and gowns ready – we’re off to Oxford for May’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Our guest author is the brilliant Joanna Miller. Joanna Miller was raised in Cambridge and studied English at Exeter College, Oxford. In fact, she has studied at Oxford three times, studying English at Exeter College, returning to train as a teacher and most recently, graduating with…
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Are You Sitting Comfortably? February’s pick “The Queen of Fives” by Alex Hay
Welcome back to another series of Are You Sitting Comfortably, dearest readers. Our guest author for February is the fabulous Alex Hay. Those of you who’ve been following AYSC for a while, will know that Rebecca L and I were huge fans of Alex’s first book, The Housekeepers, which is a brilliant historical heist novel with an all-star cast – a black-market queen out to settle her scores, an actress desperate…
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December’s Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Home Matters by Penny Wincer With twinkling lights on the tree and the fire going, we’re turning our attentions homeward for this month’s Are You Sitting Comfortably. Anyone who follows either one of us on Instagram will know that home is most definitely where the heart is. So, the book we have chosen to share with you this month shares all the joy of home – the perfect armchair companion…
