Title: Broken Things Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: YA, Thriller Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon It's been five years since Mia and Brynn murdered Summer Marks, their best friend, in the woods Increasingly obsessed with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn and by their fan-fiction imagining of its sequel, the girls were … Continue reading Broken Things by Lauren Oliver – ARC Review
Little by Edward Carey – ARC Review
Title: Little Author: Edward Carey Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Aardvark Bureau, Gallic Release Date: 4th October (UK) Cover: Summary: from Amazon The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie … Continue reading Little by Edward Carey – ARC Review
Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay – ARC Review
Title: Not That Bad Author: Edited by Roxane Gay Genre: Non-Fiction, Essay Collection Publisher: Atlantic Books, Allen & Unwin Cover: Summary: from Amazon In this valuable and timely anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to … Continue reading Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay – ARC Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Autumn 2018 TBR!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello lovely readers! Welcome to this week's Top Ten … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Autumn 2018 TBR!
The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker – Review
Title: The Silence of The Girls Author: Pat Barker Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Cover: Summary: from Amazon There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the … Continue reading The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker – Review
That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger – Review
Title: That's Not What Happened Author: Kody Keplinger Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hodder Children's Books Cover: Summary: from Amazon It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story - that she died … Continue reading That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Hidden Gems
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello and welcome to this week's Top Ten Tuesday. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Hidden Gems
Just by Jenny Morton Potts – Blog Tour – Review
Title: Just Author: Jenny Morton Potts Genre: Romantic Thriller Publisher: Independently Published Cover: Summary: On golden Mediterranean sands, maverick doctor Scott Langbrook falls recklessly in love with his team leader, Fiyori Maziq. If only that was the extent of his falling, but Scott descends into the hellish clutches of someone much more sinister. ‘Just’ is … Continue reading Just by Jenny Morton Potts – Blog Tour – Review
The Versatile Blogger Award
Hello lovely readers! I hope you are all having a relaxing end to the week. I was on holiday this week with my extended family on the West Coast of Scotland (I live in Edinburgh which is in the east so it wasn't too long a journey) and there wasn't much to do there so … Continue reading The Versatile Blogger Award
The Gilded King: Sovereign Book I by Josie Jaffrey – Review
Title: The Gilded King Author: Josie Jaffrey Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Self-Published Cover: Summary: from Amazon In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well. Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, who believes in fairytales that her world can’t accommodate. The … Continue reading The Gilded King: Sovereign Book I by Josie Jaffrey – Review
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