Prompt – A book with a pink cover. Medium – Book About the Book – Violet is left an apartment and a pier in her recently deceased grandfather’s will, in a place called ‘Swallow Beach’ on the coast somewhere near Brighton. She arrives in Swallow Beach and is immediately entranced by not only the pier,Continue reading “Book #31 – A Summer Scandal”
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Book #30 – We are Displaced
Prompt – A book by an author in their 20s. Medium – Audiobook About the book – This book tells the stories of refugee girls from around the world who have fled from different types of situations in their home countries, and their lives now as they come to terms with their displaced statuses andContinue reading “Book #30 – We are Displaced”
Book #29 – Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History
Prompt – A book with ’20’ or ‘twenty’ in the title. Medium – Book About the Book: Written by Sam Maggs, this book tells the stories of 20 groups of female friends, whose friendships can be #squadgoals and who changed history through working together. The book includes different ‘squads’ – warriors, athletes, scientists, political andContinue reading “Book #29 – Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History”
Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice
Prompt – A book from a series with more than 20 books. Medium – Book About the Book – The 19th book in the Tortall series, and the first in a short series (Daughter of the Lioness), the book tells the story of Alianne, the daughter of the King’s Champion, Alanna, and the King’s spymaster,Continue reading “Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice”
Book #27 – Cinder
Prompt – A book with a robot, cyborg or AI character Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Linh Cinder lives with her Guardian and two step-sisters, Peony and Pearl, in New Beijing in the distant future. She is an expert mechanic and works to earn money for her horrible guardian and her sisters toContinue reading “Book #27 – Cinder”
Book #26 – Agent Jack
Prompt – The First book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed. Medium – Book About the Book – The true story of a MI5 agent who worked with Fifth Columnists during WW2, Robert Hutton tells the story of Eric Roberts, code-named Agent Jack. Roberts operated within England during the Second World War,Continue reading “Book #26 – Agent Jack”
Book #25 – The Cruel Prince
Prompt – A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name. Medium – Audiobook About the book – Written by Holly Black, the book tells the story of Jude Duarte and her sisters Vivi and Taryn. As young children, their parents are killed by their adoptive father, Madoc, and taken to theContinue reading “Book #25 – The Cruel Prince”
Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl
Prompt – A book with a main character in their 20s Medium – Book About the Book – The sequel to ‘European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman’, Theodora Goss presents the next adventures of the Athena Club. Mary, Justine, Diana, Catherine and Beatrice return as they receive a message that their kitchen maid, Alice, andContinue reading “Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl”
Book #23 – The Bronze Horseman
Prompt – A book with gold, silver or bronze in the title. Medium – Audiobook (full disclosure, I listened to 23/30 hours of the book – see below!) About the Book – The first in a trilogy of books, this book by Paullina Simons is set in WW2 Russia, commencing at the start of 1941Continue reading “Book #23 – The Bronze Horseman”
Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
Prompt – A book that passes the Bechdel Test (a book must feature at least two women, they must talk to each other and their conversation must be about something other than a man). Medium – Book About the Book – The second in a trilogy of books by Theodora Goss, ‘European Travel for theContinue reading “Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman”
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