Published By: Penguin/Fig TreePages: 352Released On: 31/03/2022 Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is ”Yinka, where is your huzband?” Yinka’s Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she’s too traditional (she’s saving herself for marriage),Continue reading “Yinka, Where is your Huzband – Lizzie Damilola Blackburn”
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Piranesi – Susanna Clarke
Published by: BloomsburyPages: 245Released On: 02/09/2021 Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant.Continue reading “Piranesi – Susanna Clarke”
Father Christmas and Me – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 290Released On: 12/10/2017 It isn’t always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs everyday – even in July – and when youContinue reading “Father Christmas and Me – Matt Haig”
The Girl Who Saved Christmas – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 329Released On: 03/11/2016 If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask – Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishesContinue reading “The Girl Who Saved Christmas – Matt Haig”
A Boy Called Christmas – Matt Haig
Published By: CanongatePages: 266Released On: 12/11/2015 You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible.If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you.Because thisContinue reading “A Boy Called Christmas – Matt Haig”
Toby and the Silver Blood Witches – Sally Doherty
Published By: Soaring SkiesPages: 225Released On: 07/07/2021 A sinister plot.A secret city in the sky. A boy with an impossible choice. Twelve year old Toby has little time for friends or football since his mum fell ill. All he wants is to stay at home and keep an eye on her. But mysterious things areContinue reading “Toby and the Silver Blood Witches – Sally Doherty”
Kingscastle – Sophia Holloway
Published By: Allison and BusbyPages: 320Released On: 18/11/2021 Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal Navy never expected to inherit Kingscastle and is none too pleased when he does so. Especially when he learns that he must marry within a year or be forever dealing with trustees. As the new Marquis of Athelney, the captain takesContinue reading “Kingscastle – Sophia Holloway”
Underneath the Christmas Tree – Heidi Swain
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 418Released On: 28/10/2021 Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas tree, and where Christmas truly comes to life. But for Liza Wynter, it’s a millstone around her neck. It was her father’s pride and joy but now he’sContinue reading “Underneath the Christmas Tree – Heidi Swain”
In The Time We Lost – Carrie Hope Fletcher
Published By: SpherePages: 385Date Released: 17/10/2019 Luna Lark used to love her name, but that was before people started saying it differently. I’m so sorry, Luna. Are you alright, Luna? Everything will be okay, Luna. Luna doesn’t want pity, what she wants is a fresh start. Somewhere she can make headway on her next novel,Continue reading “In The Time We Lost – Carrie Hope Fletcher”
The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd
Published by: HQPages: 431Date released: 25/06/2020Date read: 26/05/2021 Sometimes we find friendship in the most unexpected of places… When Keira receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she doesn’t want to have to tell her children or her husband Tom, and she doesn’t want to step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospitalContinue reading “The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd”
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