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Review | Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Read more: Review | Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellTitle: Wives and Daughters (1866) Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Publisher/Edition: Penguin English Library Read: 1st – 17th October 2018 Genre: classics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow and selfish stepmother. There is…
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Review | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Read more: Review | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTitle: The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) Author: Alexandre Dumas Translator: Robin Buss Publisher/Edition: Penguin Clothbound Classics Read: 3rd July – 18th August 2018 Genre: classics Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not…
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Review | Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Read more: Review | Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickTitle: Scrappy Little Nobody (2016) Author: Anna Kendrick Publisher: Simon & Schuster Read: 24th – 29th August 2018 Genre: memoir; humour Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually…
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Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read more: Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidTitle: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017) Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Simon & Schuster Read: 3rd – 10th September 2018 Genre: historical fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine…
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Review | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Read more: Review | Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoTitle: Six of Crows (2016) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Hachette Children’s Group/Orion Read: 2nd – 6th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams – but he can’t pull it off alone. A…
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Review | Theatrical by Maggie Harcourt
Read more: Review | Theatrical by Maggie HarcourtTitle: Theatrical (2018) Author: Maggie Harcourt Publisher: Usborne Read: 13th – 16th August 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Hope dreams of working backstage in a theatre, and she’s determined to make it without the help of her famous costume-designer mum. So when she lands an internship on a major production, she tells…
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Review | Giant Days by Non Pratt
Read more: Review | Giant Days by Non PrattTitle: Giant Days (2018) Author: Non Pratt Publisher: ABRAMS Kids/Amulet Books Release Date: 21st August 2018 Read: 3rd – 4th August 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Based on the hit graphic-novel series from BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind Lumberjanes, Giant Days follows the hilarious and heartfelt misadventures of three university first-years: Daisy, the…
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Review | Roomies by Christina Lauren
Read more: Review | Roomies by Christina LaurenTitle: Roomies (2018) Author: Christina Lauren Publisher: Little Brown Book Group- Piatkus Read: 14th – 22nd July 2018 Genre: contemporary; romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Monday night. Wednesday morning. Friday lunchtime. Holland Bakker plans her journeys to work around the times the handsome Irish musician, Calvin McLoughlin, plays his guitar in the 50th Street subway…
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Review | A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Read more: Review | A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia GrayTitle: A Thousand Pieces of You (2014) Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Harper Teen Read: 22nd – 24th July 2018 Genre: young-adult; science-fiction; romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. None more so than the Firebird, a device that allows users to jump into different universes, which…
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Review | A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
Read more: Review | A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa TahirTitle: A Torch Against the Night (2016) Author: Sabaa Tahir Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 24th – 30th June 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra. Laia and Elias are determined to break into…
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