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”
The Country Village Winter Wedding – Cathy Lake
Published By: Bonnier BooksPages: 330Released On: 28/10/2021 Clare Greene and Sam Wilson are getting married and everyone in Little Bramble is excited for the event of the year. But Clare and Sam are busy people and have left organising their wedding to the last minute. Luckily, wedding planner Hazel Campbell has recently moved to theContinue reading “The Country Village Winter Wedding – Cathy Lake”
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”
A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre
Published By: MacmillanPages: 352Released On: 14/10/2021 Michael’s first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their one-year-old son, he was beyond excited at the new glamorous world of show business. Unfortunately, he wasContinue reading “A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre”
Magpie – Elizabeth Day
Published By: 4th EstatePages: 256Released On: 02/09/2021 She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take. Marisa may have only known Jake a few months, but she has never felt this certain about anyone. When he asks her to move in with him and they start trying for a baby, she knows she has finally foundContinue reading “Magpie – Elizabeth Day”
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”
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