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A Year in Reading: Anneliese Mackintosh

The pandemic is not the only thing I’ve had going on this year. I was pregnant; my mum underwent chemotherapy; my sister was sectioned; I had a novel published. In September, I gave birth – dramatically and unexpectedly – on the kitchen floor.

Needless to say, with all this going on – as well as a toddler who was unable to attend nursery for a huge portion of the year – my reading habits were affected.

At the start of the year,

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