Published By: SwiftPages: 256Released On: 04/11/2021 Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcuz Aurelius, via The Tibetan Book of the Dead and La Rochefoucauld, to Robert Bolano and Svetlana Alexievich – as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a recordContinue reading “Autobibliography- Rob Doyle”
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The Illustrated Etymologicon-Mark Forsyth
Published By: Icon BooksPages: 320Released On: 04/11/2021 The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? MarkContinue reading “The Illustrated Etymologicon-Mark Forsyth”
One More Christmas at the Castle – Trisha Ashley
Published By: TransworldPages: 523Released On: 11/11/2021 Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers as a child, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day. Dido is enchanted by the castle asContinue reading “One More Christmas at the Castle – Trisha Ashley”
From Shetland, With Love at Christmas – Erin Green
Published By: HeadlinePages: 416Released On: 11/11/2021 Verity is embarking on a better-late-than-never gap year now that her sons have flown the nest, and dreams of turning a lifetime’s hobby of knitting and crocheting into a profitable new enterprise at Lerwick Manor’s Gallery. Nessie has returned to Shetland after two years spent retraining as a blacksmithContinue reading “From Shetland, With Love at Christmas – Erin Green”
Gilded – Marissa Meyer
Published By: Faber and Faber Pages: 512Released On: 02/11/2021 Long ago cursed by the God of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. When one of Serilda’s outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and hisContinue reading “Gilded – Marissa Meyer”
Celebrations at the Chateau – Jo Thomas
Published By: Transworld PublishersPages: 364Released On: 28/10/2021 When their grandfather dies, Fliss and her sisters are astonished to inherit a French chateau! Travelling to Normandy to visit the beautiful, if faded house, they excitedly make plans over delicious crepes and local cider in the town nearby. But they soon discover the chateau needs major work,Continue reading “Celebrations at the Chateau – Jo Thomas”
The Little Christmas House – Tracy Rees
Published By: BookouturePages: 234Released On: 22/10/2021 Thirty-year-old Holly Hanwell’s life is almost perfect – she loves her cosy little house in Hopley Village with its yellow front door and cute window seat, and adores teaching at the village school. But she’s secretly nursing heartbreak after her boyfriend dropped the bombshell of a century. He’s havingContinue reading “The Little Christmas House – Tracy Rees”
Orwell’s Roses – Rebecca Solnit
Published By: GrantaPages: 272Released On: 21/10/2021 “In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics ofContinue reading “Orwell’s Roses – Rebecca Solnit”
Sergeant Salinger – Jerome Charyn
Published By: No Exit PressPages: 290Released On: 21/10/2021 J.D Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher In The Rye, is remembered today as a reclusive misanthrope. Jerome Charyn’s Salinger is a young American WwII draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a band of secret soldiers who trained with the British. A rifleman and an interrogator,Continue reading “Sergeant Salinger – Jerome Charyn”
Midnight In The Snow- Karen Swan
Published By: Pan MacmillanPages: 460Released On: 14/10/2021 Award-winning director Clover Phillips is riding high when she encounters Kit Foley; a surfer and snowboarder as well-known for controversy as he is for winning championships. Involved in an accident that had devastating consequences for a bitter rival, Kit has never spoken about what really happened that day.Continue reading “Midnight In The Snow- Karen Swan”
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