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• The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers

  

  What’s it all about?:Somewhere within our crowded sky, a crew of wormhole builders hops from planet to planet, on their way to the job of a lifetime. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Little Radish by Angela Slatter from the...

  

  What’s Little Radish all about?:Little Radish is Angela Slatter’s take on the classic fairy tale Rapunzel – with a bit of a twist!What did I think? Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Manipulated Lives – H.A. Leuschel

  

  What’s it all about?:Five stories – Five Lives. Have you ever felt confused or at a loss for words in front of a spouse, colleague or parent, to the extent... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• American War – Omar El Akkad

  

  What’s it all about?:Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe...

  

  What’s The Murders In The Rue Morgue all about?:C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses hear... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street – Natasha Pulley

  

  What’s it all about?:1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mini Pin-It Reviews #13 – Four YA Novels

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to another mini pin-it reviews post! I have a massive backlog of reviews and this is my way of trying to get on top of things a bit. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wolf Winter – Cecilia Ekbäck

  

  What’s it all about?:A brilliantly written and gripping historical Nordic Noir thriller with all the intrigue and atmosphere of Burial Rites, the pent-up passio... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land with Chrissi Reads

  

  What’s it all about?:Milly’s mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Monte Verità by Daphne Du Maurier from the...

  

  What’s Monte Verità all about?:The second story in Daphne du Maurier’s collection focuses on a mysterious mountain cult who are promised immortality but there i... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2017 – AUGUST READ – Fortunately The Milk by Neil...

  

  What’s it all about?:You know what it’s like when your mum goes away on a business trip and Dad’s in charge. She leaves a really, really long list of what he’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Madness Is Better Than Defeat – Ned Beauman

  

  What’s it all about?:In 1938, two rival expeditions set off for a lost Mayan temple in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a screwball comedy on... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Free Fruit For Young Widows by Nathan Englander...

  

  What’s Free Fruit For Young Widows all about?:In Free Fruit For Young Widows, a father is telling his son the reasons why he is able to forgive a former... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books 2017 – AUGUST READ – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

  

  What’s it all about?:You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey

  

  What’s it all about?:Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. In ... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Vessel by Jon McGregor from the Collection This...

  

  What’s Vessel all about?:Vessel is the story of a widow who receives an unexpected visitor one day in the shape of an old friend who brings her flowers.What... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Part Four

  

  Image from: https://thereadersroom.org/2015/08/07/book-worms-life-in-books-short-stories/Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth part of my Short Stories... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Did You See Melody? – Sophie Hannah

  

  What’s it all about?:Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can’t afford. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Cartes Postales From Greece by Victoria Hislop with Chrissi Reads

  

  What’s it all about?:THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Blog Tour – The Way Back To Us by Kay Langdale

  

  What’s it all about?:I am a mess of tears on the train. Can’t remember the last time a book broke my heart so much… (Lucy Dillon on Away from You) Perfect for... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE