For The Love of Friends – Sara Goodman Confino

Published by: Lake Union PublishingPages: 363Date Published: 01/07/2021Date Read: 15/06/2021 Lily Weiss is her mother’s worst nightmare: thirty-two and single – the horror! She’s also a talented writer but hides behind a boring job at a science foundation. To her friends, she’s reliable and selfless, which is how she winds up being a bridesmaid inContinue reading “For The Love of Friends – Sara Goodman Confino”

The Plot – Jean Hanff Korelitz

Published by: Faber & FaberPages: 336Date released: 05/08/2021Date read: 17/06/2021 When a young writer dies before completing his first novel, his teacher, Jake, (himself a failed novelist) helps himself to its plot. The resulting book is a phenomenal success. But what if somebody out there knows? Somebody does. And if Jake can’t figure out whoContinue reading “The Plot – Jean Hanff Korelitz”

The Master of Measham Hall – Anna Abney

Published by: Duckworth BooksPages: 304Date Released: 15/07/2021Date Read: 13/06/2021 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and now the Great Plague engulfs the land. Alethea Hawthorne is safe inside the walls of the Calverton household as a companion toContinue reading “The Master of Measham Hall – Anna Abney”

Nobel Life – Stefano Sandrone

Published by: Cambridge University PressPages: 230Date released: 17/06/2021Date read: 14/06/2021 Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel Prize winners. Each of them has a unique story to tell. They recall their eurekaContinue reading “Nobel Life – Stefano Sandrone”

Sandwiched – Laurie James

Published by: She Writes PressPages: 300Date Released: 08/07/2021Date Read: 10/06/2021 Laurie James spent most of her life wondering what it means to belong; loneliness dictated the choices she made. She rarely shared this secret with others, however; it was always hidden behind a carefree and can-do attitude. When she’s in her mid-forties, Laurie’s mother hasContinue reading “Sandwiched – Laurie James”

Sudden Onset – Tom Dardick and Chris Dardick

Published by: Immortal WorksPages: 454Date released: 08/06/2021Date read: 19/05/2021 (ARC) UC Berkeley Professor of Microbiology, Dr. Mira Wallace, searches for ancient life in the most extreme environments on Earth. While sampling an ancient subterranean lake, the US Army summons Mira to investigate a mysterious biological threat in a Southern Utah desert. SONA (Sudden Onset NecrosisContinue reading “Sudden Onset – Tom Dardick and Chris Dardick”