In Regency era London, Lady Violet has become estranged from her dashing husband Lord Audley, but when she receives word that he has been thrown from his horse and lies dangerously hurt, she rushes to his side... only to find him with his friends at a tavern. Angry and embarrassed, Violet decides to get back …
Rose Gold spent her whole life believing that she was danerously ill. Her single mother was her hero, her whole world, as she was too sick to make friends, to go to school.... but at 18, she found out that her life was far from normal, and her mother was a controlling woman who was …
When Tricia reached out to me about her book, she came across as warm, smart and funny. I felt like I knew her, immediately, somehow. (Probably because she loves red lipstick like I do!) I said, "OK, what's this book?" She said "It's called 'I'm Sick Of This Shit'". I thought that was hilarious. I …
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Ada is a mysterious girl who lives apart with her father near a villiage who come to them for their healing arts. Ada and her father are able to put people to sleep and open them up, removing illness and disease, and sometimes they even bury them for a time in the strange Ground that …
What we should know about the people we don't know... says the tagline of this book. I love books that open up ideas and understanding, and give you a paradigm shift. I think Malcolm Gladwell often does this for us with his dives into different areas of sociology and other... Well - ologies. I know …
Do you remember that point in 2016 when there seemed to be a celebrity death every day, and there was loads of political unrest, and it just felt generally scary and terrible? It sucked. Creating something beautiful out of the darkness, Andrew and Lee Fearnside channelled their thoughts and feelings and created this slim volume. …
Continue reading O! Relentless Death! Celebrity, Loss and Mourning by Andrew and Lee Fearnside
In Berlin in 1941, Hanni realises that the world as she knows it is coming to an end. With her mother bed ridden, she chooses to stay by her side and face the end, but is determined to get her 12 year old daughter out before the Nazi's get her. Knowing she can't send her …
As soon as I realised that this book was by the writer of Birdman, the film starring Michael Keaton that swept up a bunch of awards in 2014, I was really interested in reading it. The Crossed-Out Notebook is the story of Pablo, an Argentine screenwriter, who has been kidnapped and locked a basement by …
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Istanbul, 1938: Theodora has been left alone with a governess while her swashbuckling treasure hunter father goes off on a mysterious mission. Theodora seems doomed to boredom, but when her governess runs off with all her money and her old flame Huck turns up with a strange story about her father being in danger, things …
Isn't the cover pretty on this book? Well, don't be fooled, it's really Dickensian and dark. Iris dreams of learning how to paint, but spends her days with her twin sister Rose making dolls. Not just any dolls, but dolls that often look like people's dead children in a store in Victorian London that is …
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