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BIBLIOBETH
http://www.bibliobeth.wordpress.com/
A blog about all things bookish, I review a variety of different books across multiple genres and use a "star" rating to indicate enjoyment. From time to time, I also post book-related news items i.e. shortlists for literary prizes and reviews of literary events.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1312 )
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He Said/She Said – Erin Kelly
What’s it all about?:Who do you believe?In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack.She and her boyfriend Kit call the police,... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge 2017 – The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier from the Collectio...
What’s The Birds all about?:The Birds, immortalised by Alfred Hitchcock’s infamous film tells the story of a family who are trying to protect their house from... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Banned Books 2017 – APRIL READ – Habibi by Craig Thompson
What’s it all about?:From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets (“A triumph for the genre.”—Library Journal), a highly anticipated new graphic novel. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Close To Me – Amanda Reynolds
What’s it all about?:Close To Me is a gripping debut psychological drama that will appeal to fans of Liane Moriarty’s bestselling The Husband’s Secret, Clare... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mini Pin-It Reviews #8 – Four YA Books
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 17 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge 2017 – The Reader by Nathan Englander from the Collectio...
What’s The Reader all about?:The Reader tells of an ageing author on the publicity circuit promoting his new book and revealing how life has changed for him.Wha... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Katherine Of Aragon, The True Queen (Six Tudor Queens #1) – Alison Weir
What’s it all about?:The lives of Henry VIII’s queens make for dramatic stories and Alison Weir will write a series of novels that offer insights into the real... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Part Two
I’ve read some terrific stories in Part One of my Short Stories Challenge for 2017 so far! However stand out stories have to be The Raft by Stephen King from th... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) – Lauren DeStefano
What’s it all about?:Time is running out for Rhine in this conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Chemical Garden Trilogy.With the clock ticking until... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Talking About Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent with Chrissi Reads
What’s it all about?:The last people who expect to be meeting with a drug-addicted prostitute are a respected judge and his reclusive wife. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge 2017 – Fleeing Complexity by Jon McGregor from the...
What’s Fleeing Complexity all about?:Fleeing Complexity is the shortest story in this collection comprising of one sentence only:“The fire spread quicker than... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Stranger In My Home – Adele Parks
What’s it all about?:What would YOU do if your child wasn’t yours?Utterly compelling, Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks’s new contemporary novel The Stranger... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult
What’s it all about?:Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge 2017 – The Passenger by Kevin Brockmeier from the...
What’s The Passenger all about?:The Passenger follows a man who has spent his whole life on an airplane in a strange, dystopian world where a whole... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Blog Tour – Dream Magic (Shadow Magic #2) – Joshua Khan
What’s it all about?:In a world ruled by six ancient Houses of Magic, a girl and a boy begin an epic and dangerous journey of discovery . . . Lilith Shadow,... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Shadow Magic (Shadow Magic #1) – Joshua Khan
What’s it all about?:In a world ruled by six ancient Houses of Magic, a girl and a boy begin an epic and dangerous journey of discovery… After her parents’... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Banned Books 2017 – MARCH READ – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
What’s it all about?:In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
April 2017 – Book Bridgr/NetGalley/ARC Month
Hello everyone! Every other month I alternate what I’m reading quite specifically between three things. It’s either Chrissi Cupboard Month where I try my best t... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2017 – MARCH READ – Awful Auntie by David Walliams
What’s it all about?:A page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Walliams’ most eccentric characters yet and full of the humour and heart that... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Blog Tour – Bamboo Road by Ann Bennett
Hello everyone and welcome to my spot on the Bamboo Road Blog Tour. Bamboo Road is the third in a trilogy of historical fiction books about Southeast Asia durin... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE