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YA vs NA

Young Adult and New Adult – separate book genres or all part of the same messy package? To be fair, I hadn’t really heard of New Adult...

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S.E. Palmer
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Riding Solo

You might have seen the occasional reference on my socials to a holiday here or there. The truth is, my last family holiday was to Salou in...

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S.E. Palmer
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10.5 for 2025

At what point do back-to-back failures turn into an achievement? Yes, I do mean the Goodreads Reading Challenge – again. I set a goal of fifteen books...

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S.E. Palmer
A dark tunnel with a cartoon image of Ollie Webs and the blog post title: Of Ghosts and Ducks

Of Ghosts and Ducks

Have you ever felt the urge to explore? That sense that there’s a mystery waiting out there and you’re just the duck to solve it. Maybe I’m...

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S.E. Palmer