Interview - Carolineleavittville

In which I talk to the wonderful Caroline Leavitt about teenagers, lyrical earworms and being mean to your characters.

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Review - I Read, Therefore I Blog

"Amanda Hickie’s debut literary novels mixes pandemic apocalypse with domestic drama to solid effect, creating a suffocating sense of claustrophobia and fear as Hannah is forced into impossible decisions, creating emotional conflict with the people she’s trying to protect at the same time as she searches desperately for information and hope from the outside world."

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Review - Got books, babe?

"Before This Is Over ... is a novel full of heart, warmth and soul, despite the dangerous and unpredictable circumstances in which it is set. Hard-hitting and incredibly thought-provoking..."

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Bite Sized Reviews

I came across this the other day and feel very conflicted! While I'm chuffed to have created a world that felt real to someone, I hate to think that it could have caused them harm. Please, reader, if you see this, remember it's fiction.

Review - If In Doubt Read

"What it isn’t is action packed, what it isn’t is pacey- what it is, is a very interesting , thought provoking fly on the wall look at the experience of an everyday surburban family of four, as they struggle to ‘wait out’ the pandemic of ‘ Manba’ that is sweeping the globe.
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I would encourage fellow readers to pick up ‘ Before this is over’, for a gentle, intriguing and thought provoking read."

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