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The Book Lover's Boudoir
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A book review website that covers all genres including horror, literary and fantasy. E-books, paper backs and hard backs are reviewed. Books are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4065 )
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Joan Smokes by @LiteraryMinded
She used to be someone else, but now she's arrived in Vegas, where she can start again. It won't do to let the past leak in. It's the Sixties now. She's going t... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ink In the Blood: A Hospital Diary by @Hilary_Mantel
Just after 'Bring Up the Bodies' author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for 'Wolf Hall', she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary. Originall... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Woman Is Still Girl by @WordsbyRaquel
Divided into three parts, This Woman is Still Girl is a coming of age story told through poetry. Part One (Is Girl) unravels navigating puberty and sexuality,... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer
Welcome to Area X. An Edenic wilderness, an environmental disaster zone, a mystery for thirty years. For thirty years, Area X, monitored by the secret agency... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
A hardback collection of all eight Ghosts of the Shadow Market stories, along with two brand new ones, about characters from Cassandra Clare's internationally... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Poison Garden by A.J. Banner
A woman's idyllic life becomes a deceptive hall of mirrors in a thriller of exquisitely constructed psychological suspense by A. J. Banner, bestselling author o... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
The original best-loved classic about the world's most famous nanny - Mary Poppins. When the Banks family advertise for a nanny, Mary Poppins and her talking... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumour: Revenge Fantasies and Essays by Peter...
Which of the following is true? -Peter Watts is banned from the U.S. -Watts almost died from flesh-eating bacteria. -A schizophrenic man living in Watts's... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Amphibian by @ChristinaNwrth
It's summer in Edinburgh. Rose Ellis arrives at MoneyTownCashGrowth one morning to find that the entire fourth floor has been flooded with water, in a... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jellyfish by Janice Galloway
In this powerful collection, Janice Galloway takes on David Lodge's assertion that 'literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children;... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ghosts of Berlin by Rudolph Herzog
Berlin's hip present comes up against the city's dark past in these seven supernatural tales by the son of the great filmmaker who "shares his father's curious... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Rebel of the Sands by @AlwynFJH
Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumour has it that somewhere, Djinn still perform their... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins
Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critica... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty,... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
No Good Brother by @TylerKeevil
Tim Harding has spent the fishing season in Canada working as a deckhand, making an honest living. When his hot-headed younger brother tracks him down at the... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Witness by @NRoberts_atHome
Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night; drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent lure her... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
A Keeper by @grahnort
When Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, she's focused only on saying goodbye to that dark and dismal part of her life. Her childhood... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Tales of the City by @ArmisteadMaupin
San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies,... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
#Deeplight by @FrancesHardinge
The gods were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds and whirlpools. For centuries the gods of the Undersea ruled the islands of... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Red Suitcase by @YPPLaureate
Naomi Shihab Nye's fourth collection bursts forth with the acclaimed poet's generous vision. Through her eyes, ordinary situations become remarkable| Poet,... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE