Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a bold vision of a dystopian future, frighteningly real, perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur
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Book Title: Living Off The Land by Lorraine Turnbull Synopsis: To make her dream come true Lorraine Turnbull dragged her new husband and reluctant children away from Glasgow to live the ‘Good Life’ on a smallholding in Cornwall. Sheep wrestling, making cider, dealing with maggots and a demented mother and all under the pressure of
Kissing Daisy Parker by Michael Milton First loves. Last chances. Street Fighter II. Daisy is a Sylvia Plath reading, Robert Smith devotee, planning on a summer of Australian beaches with or without her two favourite boys. Obsessed gamer and jealous boyfriend Greg needs the prize money from the Scottish Street Fighter II championships to join
A Thin Porridge by Benjamin Gohs When 19-year-old Abeona Browne’s renowned abolitionist father Jon Browne dies in summer of 1860, devastating family secrets are revealed, and her life of privilege and naiveté in Southern Michigan becomes a frantic transatlantic search for answers—and someone she didn’t even know existed. Still in mourning, Abeona sneaks aboard the
The End of the Road by Anna Legat The fight for survival has begun All-out war spins out of control, and it doesn’t discriminate. Governments fall, continents are obliterated, deadly viruses consume everything in their path, and what’s left of humanity is on the run. Caught in this global refugee crisis are a few unlikely
A Little Pick Me Up by Kate Portman A Little Pick Me Up – by Katie Portman Since the beginning of time, women have been made to feel bad about themselves. From our dress sizes to our careers, from our parenting skills to simply having an opinion, modern women come under immense, relentless pressure to
The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days by Juliet Conlin Approaching 80, frail and alone, a remarkable man makes the journey from his sheltered home in England to Berlin to meet his granddaughter. He has six days left to live and must relate his life story before he dies… His life has been
Today it is our spot on the Perfect Crime book blog tour. My review is not quite ready and I certainly did not want to rush it. The Perfect series is my absolute favourite crime series. I was there for the book launch in Edinburgh of the very first book Perfect Remains and have been