For the Love of Books
That’s a Wrap! The month of May has seen winter creep into Pretoria and our sunny days have turned a lot colder and wetter than normal. This has been great for weekends spent in front of the fireplace with a book, yet somehow this month has been a little thin on reviews. As Alicia prepares […]
Title: The Curfew Author: T.M. Logan ISBN: 978 1 83877 674 9 Publisher: Zaffre / Bonnier Books UK Pages: 461 Source: Review Copy from Jonathan Ball Publishers I should have known something was wrong.I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm.The
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Title: The Murder Rule Author: Dervla McTiernan ISBN: 9780063042209 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 304 Source: NetGalley Review Copy Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours First Rule: Make them like you.Second Rule: Make them need you.Third Rule: Make them pay.They think I’m a young, idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and
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Title: Impossible Author: Sarah Lotz ISBN: 978 0 00 846401 1 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 448 Source: Review Copy from Jonathan Ball Publishers This is not a love story. This is IMPOSSIBLE.‘Sometimes love doesn’t come in the form you think it will.’Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner.Bee: Serial dater. Dressmaker. Pringles enthusiast.When fate brings
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Title: Initiate (The Shadow Atlas #1) Author: Jenny Sandiford ISBN: 9780645444919 Publishing Company: Velikor Publishing Pages: 405 Source: Review copy from the author Dark magic always comes with a price… Desperate for a cure for her Shadow Magic that’s spiralling out of control, eighteen-year-old Azalea Sharp steps into the hidden forest deep within the English
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Title: The 13th Girl Author: Sarah Goodwin ISBN: 9780008467401 Publisher: Avon Books UK Pages: 336 Source: NetGalley Review Copy A little girl in a white nightdress stands out in the snow, watching the large brick house burn before her eyes…My name is Lucy Townsend.I was born on Friday the thirteenth, and I was the thirteenth
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Title: The Agathas Author: Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson ISBN: 9780593431115 Publisher: Rock The Boat / OneWorld Publishing Pages: 416 Source: Review copy from the publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Last summer, Alice Ogilve’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. Where she went and what happened to her
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Buy Book Title: Doctor Glass Author: Louise Worthington ISBN: 9781631611797 Publisher: TCK Publishing Pages: Source: Review copy from Publisher Psychotherapist Emma-Jane Glass has prioritized work over leisure for far too long. She does whatever it takes to help her clients, and it’s bordering on professional obsession. When she publishes a controversial article about unstable mothers
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Title: Keep Her Sweet Author: Helen Fitzgerald ISBN: 978-1-914585-10-4 Publisher: Orenda Books Pages: 210 Source: Review copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours Desperate to enjoy their empty nest, Penny and Andeep downsize to the countryside, to forage, upcycle and fall in love again, only to be joined by their two
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Title: Vanda Author: Marion Brunet Translator: Katherine Gregor ISBN: 978-1913394-653 Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press Pages: 208 Source: Review copy from the Publisher Blog Tour Organised by Random Things Tours A psychological thriller set in Southern France. Brunet has followed on from the success of “the Summer of Reckoning” with this magnificent portrait of a woman
