Published By: HeadlinePages: 432Released On: 27/04/2023 Loveday Cardew’s beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes.Rosemary and George have beenContinue reading “Found in a Bookshop – Stephanie Butland”
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Violeta – Isabel Allende
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 336Released On: 25/01/2022 Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish Flu arrivesContinue reading “Violeta – Isabel Allende”
Wish You Were Here – Jodi Picoult
Published By: Hodder & StoughtonPages: 352Released On: 25/11/2021 Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the a New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She’s not engaged just yet, but she knowsContinue reading “Wish You Were Here – Jodi Picoult”
Orgy – Kaitlyn Greenidge
Published by: ScribdDate Published: 23/07/2021Date Read: 25/06/2021 Nessa knows she’s a hot mess. She’s strong and impulsive and won’t apologize for it. She moved to Brooklyn from Baltimore to study nursing—or that was the plan. Instead she used the money her mom’s church group raised for her schooling to rent her first place in Brooklyn.Continue reading “Orgy – Kaitlyn Greenidge”
Less Than Little Time – Sabina Green
Published by: Thorpe BowkerPages: 348Date Released: 20/03/2021Date Read: 18/06/2021 She has the choice to wipe out most of the human race, reset the world, and save the planet with only a few survivors…can she do it? When Connie finds out she has a few months left to live, she’s gripped by fear for her daughterContinue reading “Less Than Little Time – Sabina Green”
Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 – HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
Published by: National Portrait Gallery PublicationsPages: 168Date released: 07/05/2021Date read: 05/06/2021 Spearheaded by The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, Hold Still was an ambitious community project to create a unique collective portrait of the UK during lockdown. People of all ages were invited to submit a photographic portrait, taken in aContinue reading “Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 – HRH The Duchess of Cambridge”
The End of Men – Christina Sweeney-Baird
Published by: Borough PressPages: 416Date released: 29/04/2021Date read: 15/05/2021 Only men are affected by the virus; only women have the power to save us all. The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland – a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon,Continue reading “The End of Men – Christina Sweeney-Baird”
Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You – Adam Kay
Published by: OrionPages: 408Date released: 09/07/2020Date read: 10/07/2020 Created and edited by Adam Kay, DEAR NHS, features household names telling their personal stories of the health service. Contributors include Joanna Lumley, Naomie Harris, Kate Tempest, Lee Child, Tanni Grey Thomson, Bill Bryson, Trevor McDonald, Jack Whitehall, Michael Palin, Stanley Tucci and many, many more. TheContinue reading “Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You – Adam Kay”
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