Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
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Four siblings in New York visit a gypsy woman in her filthy apartment and learn the dates of their deaths. What they hear will change the courses of each of their lives whether they think they believe or not. None of them were prepared for the information they receive. Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin …
I was fortunate to pick up a proof from the Bloomsbury stand at London Book Fair in April. Cannot wait to see how it does when it is released in August. Robert Appleyard leaves his northern mining village to walk through the countryside in search of nothing in particular. He sleeps in fields and works …
Mary is an expert on all things Hemingway and this biography takes a deep dive into his life. From his childhood to his death this book benefits from extensive lifting from Hemingway’s personal letters and published works as well as containing a variety of photographs of key people and places. These elements serve to illustrate …
The year is 1900. The young ladies of Appleyard College, Australia set off on a picnic. Five young women disappear that day and only one is ever heard of again. The lives of those closest to these mysterious events are changed forever. The question remains… what happened? Author: Joan Lindsay Title: Picnic at Hanging Rock …
Author: Michael Ondaatje Title: The English Patient Press: Bloomsbury Date of Publication: 1992 Prizes: Winner of the Man Booker Prize 1992 Date of Purchase: January 2019 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: £2.50 Reading Time: 6 days Rating: 6 I probably didn’t read this correctly. I found myself distracted and skimming, having to go back and …
Author: Maggie O’Farrell Title: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Date of Publication: 2006 Press: Headline (Hachette) RRP: £7.99 Price of Purchase: (Library of Mum) Reading time: 4 days Rating: 7 This started well, hit a road bump and then recovered itself (although the pseudo incestuous relationship felt completely unnecessary to me I know it …
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Author: Stuart Turton Title: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Press: Raven Books (Bloomsbury) Date of Publication: 2018 Prizes: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: £2.50 Reading Time: 8 days Rating: 9 I needed to get my grubby mitts on this after all …
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Author: Maggie O’Farrell Title: I am I am I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death Press: Tinder Press (Headline) Date of Publication: 2017 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: I don’t remember but I did it through the evil empire (sorry) Reading Time: 2 days Rating: 8 So a lot of people …
I listened to this on the recommendation of a friend (thanks Zoey, it was fab) and because I like learning about new things and am partial to the odd conspiracy theory indulgence I gave it a shot. The arc of the podcast is wonderfully engaging and the integration of interviews and news footage from the …
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Author: Anna Burns Title: Milkman Press: Faber and Faber Date of Publication: 2018 Prizes: Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: Reading Time: 10 days Rating: 8 So I’ve been dying to read this since it was longlisted for the Booker way back in July …
Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 