Title: Tradition Author: Brendan Kiely Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Summary: from Goodreads Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy, an elite prep school where history looms in the leafy branches over its brick walkways. But some traditions upheld in its hallowed halls are profoundly dangerous. Jules Devereux just wants to keep … Continue reading Tradition by Brendan Kiely – Review
Should You Ask Me by Marianne Kavanagh – Blog Tour Review
Title: Should You Ask Me Author: Marianne Kavanagh Genre: Mystery, Drama, Historical Summary: from publisher 'I've come about the bodies. I know who they are.' Just before D-Day in 1944, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, an elderly woman walks into a police station. She has information, she says, about human remains recently discovered … Continue reading Should You Ask Me by Marianne Kavanagh – Blog Tour Review
The Last Romeo by Justin Myers – ARC review
Title: The Last Romeo Author: Justin Myers Genre: Fiction, Romance Publisher: Piatkus, Little Brown. Summary: from Goodreads James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making up celebrity gossip, and his best friend Bella has just announced she's moving to Russia. Adrift and single in loved-up … Continue reading The Last Romeo by Justin Myers – ARC review
Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Worlds I Would/Wouldn’t Want To Live In
Top Ten Tuesday was create 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. Hi all and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Worlds I Would/Wouldn’t Want To Live In
The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
Title: The Hunters Author: Kat Gordon Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Borough Press, out May 31st Summary: Sweeping, evocative and sumptuously told, The Hunters is a dramatic coming-of-age story, a complex portrayal of first love and family loyalty and a passionate reimagining of the Happy Valley set in all their glory and notoriety. Theo Miller is … Continue reading The Hunters by Kat Gordon – ARC Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Character Names
Top Ten Tuesday was create 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. Hi and welcome to my contribution for this weeks … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Best Character Names
The Cows by Dawn O’Porter – Review
Title: The Cows Author: Dawn O'Porter Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins UK - out now Summary: from publisher A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of the herd. Women don’t have to fall into a stereotype. Tara, Cam and Stella are strangers living their own lives as best they can though … Continue reading The Cows by Dawn O’Porter – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Disliked/Hated But Am Really Glad I Read
Top Ten Tuesday was create 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. This was a pretty tricky one for me, if … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Disliked/Hated But Am Really Glad I Read
Darling by Rachel Edwards – Review
Title: Darling Author: Rachel Edwards Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Drama Publisher: 4th Estate, Harper Collins Summary: from Goodreads Lola doesn’t particularly want a new stepmother. Especially not one who has come out of nowhere and only been with her dad for three months. And – she’s not racist or anything – but since when did her … Continue reading Darling by Rachel Edwards – Review
Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
Title: Ember Burning Author: Jennifer Alsever Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Sawatch Publishing Summary: from Goodreads Senior year was supposed to be great--that's what Ember's friend Maddie promised at the beginning of the year. Instead, Ember TrouvE spends the year drifting in and out of life like a ghost, haunted by her parents' recent, tragic death. … Continue reading Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
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