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A Strange and Brilliant Light – Eli Lee

Published By: QuercusPages: 304Date Published: 22/07/2021Date Read: 12/07/2021 Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, or auts, as they’re called. Unemployment is high, discontent is rife andContinue reading “A Strange and Brilliant Light – Eli Lee”

The Gentleman’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 2 – Bianca M Schwarz

Published By: Central Avenue PublishingPages: 352Date Published: 06/07/2021Date Read: 29/06/2021 Sir Henry, secret agent to the crown, must marry a lady above reproach to afford his illegitimate daughter entrance into society. After narrowly escaping marriage to a highborn bigot, he takes an assignment in Brighton, leading him to an abandoned abbey full of dark whispers,Continue reading “The Gentleman’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 2 – Bianca M Schwarz”

Unearthing The Secret Garden – Marta McDowell

Published by: Timber PressPages: 320Date published: 28/09/2021 (Kindle) 28/10/2021 (Hardback)Date read: 22/06/2021 New York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell has revealed the way that plants have stirred some of our most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. In her latest, she shares a moving account of how gardening deeply inspiredContinue reading “Unearthing The Secret Garden – Marta McDowell”

The Way Back Almanac – Melinda Salisbury

Published by: Watkins PublishingPages: 272Date Released: 10/08/2021Date Read: 21/06/2021 The traditional almanac is a month-by-month prompt to the beautiful transformations of nature that offer a magical and poetic way to celebrate the year. The Way Back Almanac is a modern twist on the conventional almanac, an accessible and truly contemporary guide back to natural rhythms,Continue reading “The Way Back Almanac – Melinda Salisbury”

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”