Feb 11
The Truants by Kate Weinberg
UK Publication: January 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: ★★★
Find it here: The Truants
This ARC was provided by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest revie
Oh to be young and in love…
Waking the Witch by Rachel Burge
UK Publication: August 2022
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
This ARC was provided by Bonnier Books UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
Think you know about Merlin…think again.
Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell
UK Publication: January 2024
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
This ARC was provided by Random House UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
Magic, mayhem and murder = delicious fun.
The Beholders by Hester Musson
UK Publication: January 2024
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★★]
This ARC was provided by 4th Estate (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
Two word review – Gloriously Gothic
The Blind Light by Stuart Evers
UK Publication: June 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
This ARC was provided by Pan Macmillan (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
One word review – Ohhhh
The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
UK Publication: June 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]
This ARC was provided by Harper Collins UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
Vive la révolution
This months winners and losers as we head into another New Year. Where does the time go?
Dec 26
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
UK Publication: January 2024
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★★]
This ARC was provided by Hodder & Stoughton (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.
Be careful what you wish for…
Jan 22
Once again we have a backlog of reviews to get out so to clear out the backlog we’ll be doing another series of mini reviews for the 1001 list books we’ve both read over the last few months. We’ll be giving your our verdict on each of the books to help you decide whether you should read it or pass. Let us know if any strike your fancy. Click on the title links to buy the book on Amazon. Read more
Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings. Instead people either seem to love it or hate it. Well, welcome to the Love it or Hate it post category! Each month, we’ll pick one book to review and two contributors will battle it out to convince you to pick it up or throw it out. Last month we discussed Life of Pi and once again the “love it” fans won with 66% of the vote. Many thanks to Sara and Kristel for their wonderful reviews.
This month we will be discussing: The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. We have two contributors this month and their names will be revealed after voting closes! Please make sure to vote for this month’s book even if you haven’t read the book you can vote! The poll is at the bottom of this post.
Book Summary (from GoodReads): Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the fukú — the ancient curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still dreaming of his first kiss, is only its most recent victim – until the fateful summer that he decides to be its last.
With dazzling energy and insight, Junot Díaz immerses us in the uproarious lives of our hero Oscar, his runaway sister Lola, and their ferocious beauty-queen mother Belicia, and in the epic journey from Santo Domingo to Washington Heights to New Jersey’s Bergenline and back again. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humor, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao presents an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and the endless human capacity to persevere – and to risk it all – in the name of love.
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