Daisy’s pies are magical, and I’m not just talking about the flavour. She can add in a dash of hope or joy or bravery. She also has the ingredients necessary to lace them with vengeance, enough to kill someone. But she only goes after domestic abusers so, all good right? Wrong. Read to the end to get my recipe for a rom com, with a Donna spin of course!
Read MoreYou think you know the stories, but perhaps you don’t know them at all. Prepare to rethink all those happily ever afters. To have the lines blurred between beastly natures and beautiful visages. And even have some characters show up where they don’t belong. A topsy turvy delight!
Read MoreMere moments after takeoff, flight 1421 crashes into the ocean. What started off as a plane became a ship when it hit the water. And when it started to sink, well they call that a submarine. But it’s not built for sustaining life underwater, so a daring rescue mission is the only hope the final survivors have of making it out alive. Prepare yourself for a full scale adrenaline rush!
Read MoreAs I was reading this book, I was picturing, in blissful rotation, Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves and Bruce Willis. And not because this was a romantic saga in which I believed the happy ending to me mine, but because it was an epic action adventure starring the quintessential hero.
Read MoreIt’s hard for me to find a rapt, or is it trapped, audience to whom I can extol the passion I have for books. Music however, what kind of monstrous being doesn’t like music? So, books that have a musical backdrop? This could be my in people! Unsuspecting music devotees are soon to be lured in by my book loving ways. In the spirit of shared passion, I have gathered for you these masterful mashups. They offer the reader a story told in two languages, one formed in prose, the other in melody.
Read MoreSamantha Irby never seems to run out of fodder for saucy and hilarious musings on the mundanities of life. She never shy’s away from putting pen to paper about life’s least flattering situations. In her latest she tackles her toilet troubles, her unapologetic love of all things uncool, she provides us with the definition of all the potential tags on porn videos.
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading! P.S. Summer releases will spoil the booklover with the bounty of offerings!
Read MoreIn the aftermath of Wilhelm deVries death, the head of the household Mrs. King is unceremoniously fired from her post. But don’t worry about her, she will have her revenge. You see, she is no ordinary housekeeper. She was born into a world of con artists and thieves, hardly fit company for the highbrow residents of the grand house she was in charge of keeping. They probably shouldn’t have fired her!
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve 1999. Seven women. All of whom have a lot more to worry about than a Y2K glitch. Seven women, inextricably linked by one man. A man whose head is on a table in front of them. Where the rest of him lies? That’s anybody’s guess. Seven women, all with motive, must lie to protect themselves and whoever among them is a killer.
Read MoreOne night, trying to close the bar and enjoy a glass of wine, one of the regulars’ barrels in and interrupts Sophie’s quiet time. When he thoughtlessly chugs her wine, he has no idea it will be the last thing that passes his lips. Well, except for her knife as it slices out his tongue. He’s dead at the time, but still. And that is just the beginning.
Read MoreFirst Bright Thing - J.R. Dawson
Circus Train - Amita Parikh
Pantonmine - Laura Lin
The Bones Of Ruin - Sarah Raughley
Bacchanal - Veronica G Henry
Harley In The Sky - Akemi Dawn Bowman
Caraval - Stephanie Garber
Circus Of Wonders - Elizabeth Macneal
Wonder Show - Hannah Barnaby
The Immortal Circus - A.R. Kahler
Nights At The Circus - Angela Carter
Ladies Of The Secret Circus - Constance Sayers
Full Tilt - Neal Shusterman
Freeks - Amanda Hockling
Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Carter Beats The Devil - Glen David Gold
Jonathan Strange & Mr.Norell - Susanna Clarke
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Hotel Magnifique - Emily J. Taylor
Tomorrow, Tomorrow & Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Nerd - Maya Philips
Mary Jane - Jessica Anya Blau
Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth
Magic Is For Liars - Sarah Gailey
Youth In Revolt - C.D. Payne
Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
Book Of Lost Things – John Connolly
Geek Girl - Holly Smale
The Unfortunate Decisions Of Dahlia Moss - Max Wirestone
Joyland - Stephen King
If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio
Curious Incident Of The Dog & The Nighttime - Mark Haddon
Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
This Time Tommorrow - Emma Straub
11/22/63 - Stephen King
Wrong Place, Wrong Time - Gillian McAllister
What The Wind Knows - Amy Harmon
Nightfall In The Garden Of Deep Time - Tracy Higley
Atomic Anna - Rachel Barnbaum
Recursion - Blake Crouch
Murder In Time - Julie McElwian
Replay - Ken Grimwood
Every Anxious Wave - Mo Daivau
The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
Invictus - Ryan Graudin
Oona Out Of Order - Margarita Montimore
Time Travelers Wife - Audrey Niffengger
The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley
An Ocean Of Minutes - Thea Lim
Time And Again - Jack Finney
Meet Me In Another Life - Catronia Silvey
Timeline - Michael Crichton
Miriam is a foulmouthed, hard drinking, chain smoking, wickedly articulate snark queen who I may have a serious girl crush on, I mean what’s not to love! She knows just the right combination of words to tear you a new one and leave you with the sure knowledge that she has bested you in every way conceivable. And oh yeah, I would think twice about touching her if I was you…
Read MoreSeven years ago, everyone in the world went blind in a matter of months. The miracle of technology stepped in to save the day, creating a device that approximates vision, downloading what it ‘sees’ directly to people’s brains. Unsurprisingly a nefarious entity of epic brilliance finds a way to hack it and alter what people are seeing.
Read MoreAfter her first kill, at the tender age of five, Ruby waited for guilt to set in. But it never did. Not the first time or any of the times that would follow. It’s not like she’s an out-of-control homicidal maniac. Yes, she’s unrepentant, but you may find yourself hard pressed to blame her. But she’s definitely got some issues…
Read MoreLizzie, our dead women, is narrating this tale from the grave. And as she tells us her story, the one that comes before meeting her gory end, she is snarky. blunt and whip smart and I loved her! She has no illusions about being missed and fully expects that the inhabitants of the small town she grew up in will say she had it coming. And they may be right.
Read MoreReading can feel a little, or a lot, like time travel, no matter when the story is set. Most bookworms have experienced the surreal disorientation of sitting down to read and only emerging from their book-induced reverie hours later, having let the here and now pass by while they explored the worlds wrought on those pages. The historical novelist illuminates stories across time and place, inviting readers to connect to a fragile past we are only slightly tethered to. It’s those types of tales I have gathered for you in this feature.
Read MoreThis is the amazing story off two literary legends, Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelly, their scandalous and passionate loves, their unimaginable tragedies, their profound literary achievements, and the connection that binds one to the other, even beyond death. This is a perfectly balanced narrative that any booklover is sure to be charmed and absorbed by in equal measure!
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading! P.S. May, June & July will spoil the booklover with the bounty of offerings!
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