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BIBLIOBETH
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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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Broken Forest (Daath Chronicles #1) – Eliza Tilton
What’s it all about?:Hopeless he’ll never be more than the boy who didn’t save his brother, 17-year-old Avikar accepts his life as the family stable boy,... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Long Shadow – Mark Mills
What’s it all about?:Blood brothers or sworn enemies? You never forget what the fight was about… Ben Makepeace has barely thought of Jacob since school. Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – Demons by Rajesh Parameswaran from the Collection I...
What’s Demon’s all about?:Demon’s tells the story of how a woman’s Thanksgiving preparations put her husband to eternal rest.What did I think? Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Author Interview – Karen Maitland on Her New Medieval Novel A Raven’s Head
KAREN MAITLAND – A BIOGRAPHYKaren Maitland travelled and worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before she began writing in 1996. Read more
Posted on 14 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Raven’s Head – Karen Maitland
What’s it all about?:The Raven’s Head by Karen Maitland, author of the best-selling and much-loved Company of Liars, will delight fans of Kate Mosse or Deborah... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Dangerous Boys – Abigail Haas
What’s it all about?:Three teens venture into the abandoned Monroe estate one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Read more
Posted on 08 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Brotherhood – Lawrence R. Deering
What’s it all about?:Aaron Davis joins his father’s ministry at seven years of age. He attracts national attention when he heals a woman of cancer. His... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – She Murdered Mortal He by Sarah Hall from the...
What’s She Murdered Mortal He all about?:After fighting with her boyfriend, a woman goes for a night walk on a remote tropical beach with dark, unexpected... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Talking About The Last Days Of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin with Chrissi
What’s it all about?:Here is a truth that can’t be escaped: for Mia ‘Rabbit’ Hayes, life is coming to an end . . .Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Murder Bag – Tony Parsons
What’s it all about?:The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – The Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan Doyle from the...
What’s Five Orange Pips all about?:Sherlock Holmes’ new client, John Openshaw is worried about a curse that appears to fall on his family. Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2015 – FEBRUARY READ – Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
What’s it all about?:A miraculous story about the power of optimism.When an orphaned Pollyanna moves in with her maiden aunt, she transforms the lives of... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Author Interview – Allan Boroughs, Author of Ironheart and Bloodstone
Photo of Alan Boroughs, with permission from the authorALLAN BOROUGHS – A BIOGRAPHYAllan Boroughs is a writer and a traveller with a passion for big adventure... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ironheart – Allan Boroughs
What’s it all about?:‘First comes the iron and then comes the snow, and then comes the winter when nothing will grow.’ Since her father went missing while... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
What’s it all about?:Top ten bestselling author Liane Moriarty returns with another gripping read.She could hear men and women shouting. Angry hollers crashed... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – The Barn At The End Of Our Term by Karen Russell from...
What’s The Barn At The End Of Our Term all about?:The Barn At The End Of Our Term tells the story of eleven dead former presidents of the United States who... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Banned Books #8 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou with Chrissi...
What’s it all about?:Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
What’s it all about?:An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Short Stories Challenge – A Married Man’s Story by Katherine Mansfield from the...
What’s A Married Man’s Story all about?:Featuring two centuries of women’s short fiction, ranging from established Queens of the short story like Alice Munro an... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Good Children – Roopa Farooki
What’s it all about?:Leaving home is one thing. Surviving is another.1940s Lahore, the Punjab. Two brothers and their two younger sisters are brought up to be... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE