I read because one life is just not enough for me
Synopsis: Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolise Brooklyn's… Continue reading Invisible Child
Synopsis: How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds. Constantinople, 1453: An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall… Continue reading Review – The Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Today I have an exciting extract for you from Elaine Everest’s new book The Patchwork Girls. I love reading Elaine’s books and this sounds like the perfect read during Christmas! I hope you enjoy this extract. The Patchwork Girls by Elaine Everest is out now, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback original, priced £7.99. Synopsis:… Continue reading Extract – The Patchwork Girls by Elaine Everest
Synopsis: 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...' To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't… Continue reading Review – Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Synopsis: 1914: Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of experience and deep secrets. Entranced by the light of first love, Anton comes to life. Until his country declares war on hers. 1927: For Lena, life with her mother in a small town has been cosseted and cold. After a few years… Continue reading Review – Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks
Synopsis: Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. She makes herself at home without any self-consciousness. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bathroom, on the shelf next to theirs. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. Then their new lodger Kate arrives. Something about… Continue reading Review – Magpie by Elizabeth Day
Synopsis: For generations, Rich Gundersen's family has made a living felling giant redwoods on California's rugged coast. It's treacherous work, and though his son, Chub, wants nothing more than to step into his father's boots, Rich longs for a bigger future for him.Colleen just wants a brother or sister for Chub, but she's losing hope.… Continue reading Review – Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
Synopsis: 'Rebellion?'The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips.She chooses to start a fire. You are born high, but marry a traitor's son. You bear him twelve children, carry his cause and bury his past. You play the game, against enemies who wish you ashes.… Continue reading Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
Synopsis: Don’t Doubt the Rainbow is a new contemporary detective series with a difference – to solve each mystery, 13-year-old Edie Marble must harness the Three Principles, a new approach to understanding how the mind works that is currently proving invaluable in improving mental health and well-being in children internationally. The first book in the… Continue reading Review – The Five Clues by Anthony Kessel
Hello everyone, today I have a very special Q&A for you. Lucky by Rachel Edwards is probably one of the most intense and unforgettable books I have read this year. It touched upon online gambling as well as identity and belonging which are very close to my heart. I am totally in love with it… Continue reading Q&A with Rachel Edwards
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