The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton Publication Date: September 18, 2018 Goodreads Synopsis: The Rules of Blackheath Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the... Continue Reading →
The Lido, Libby Page Published July 10th, 2018 Goodreads Synopsis: We're never too old to make new friends—or to make a difference. Rosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton, London, all her life but everything is changing. The library where she used to work has closed. The family grocery store has become a trendy... Continue Reading →
Dear Mrs. Bird, A.J. Pearce Expected publication: July 3rd, 2018 Goodreads synopsis: A charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist—a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyand Lilac Girls.... Continue Reading →
The Lark, E. Nesbit First published 1922 "The great fact of life. Life is a lark - all the parts of it, I mean, that are generally treated seriously: money, and worries about money, and not being sure what's going to happen. Looked at rightly, all that's an adventure, a lark. As long as... Continue Reading →
I've talked a little about the Furrowed Middlebrow imprint before, but to recap, it is a collaboration between publishers Dean Street Press and Scott from the Furrowed Middlebrow blog. The imprint publishes books from ~1910-1960 by "lesser-known British women novelists and memorists." And there are a lot of wonderful reads waiting to be found amongst... Continue Reading →
The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin Published January 9th, 2018 During a quiet summer day in 1969, the four bored Gold siblings make a trek through New York City's Lower East Side, on an ill-fated mission that will forever change the course of their lives. Varya, thirteen; Daniel, eleven; Klara, nine; and Simon, seven, seek out a... Continue Reading →
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, Kate Moore Published May 2nd, 2017 In America during the early half of the twentieth-century, radium was all the rage. It was heralded as a health-giving substance and featured in products such as: cosmetics, lingerie, tonic water, toothpaste, and wrist-watches. It is the latter-along with wartime... Continue Reading →
The House Between Tides, Sarah Maine Published 2016 Muirlan House is a large, remote estate in Scotland's majestic and wild Outer Hebrides; one that can only be accessed during low tide. After the deaths of her parents and grandmother, Londoner Hetty Deveraux has inherited this crumbling house and has big dreams of renovating it into... Continue Reading →
The Medievalist, Anne-Marie Lacy Expected Publication: October 31st Historian Jane Lyons has been having recurring nightmares about her distant ancestor King Richard III for years. She has dedicated her academic career to finding evidence to prove that Richard did not in fact murder his young nephews-the Princes in the Tower-as is commonly believed. When she... Continue Reading →
Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo Published August 1, 2017 Set in Nigeria and spanning over a decade, Stay With Me is a powerful novel about marriage, loss, motherhood, tradition, and self-identity. It is a novel in which traditional Nigerian customs and culture come into conflict with modern Nigerian life. Yejide has been happily married to her husband... Continue Reading →
