Medium – Book About the Book – In war-torn France, during the First World War, a nameless woman in nursing uniform is found with shrapnel wounds to the feet. All she knows is her name may be Stella Bain, that she is a nurse and that she can drive an ambulance. She also remembers thatContinue reading “TBR Pile #13 – The Lives of Stella Bain”
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TBR Pile Book #6 – The Pure Heart
Medium – Book About the Book – Iseabail is a young woman living on a Scottish island, on the edge of the Outer Hebrides. She is the only person on the island who can read and write and is engaged to be married to the son of the chieftain. One day, a letter and aContinue reading “TBR Pile Book #6 – The Pure Heart”
Book #19 – Mythos
Prompt – A book by an author who has written more than 20 books. Including books of screenplays, Stephen Fry has! Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Stephen Fry takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Greek myths, starting from the very dawn of time, right through the arrival of the Gods onContinue reading “Book #19 – Mythos”
Book #10 – Mrs Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse
Prompt – A book set in a city that hosted the Olympics – London! Medium – Book About the book – Flotsam, a poor street girl, gets taken in by Mrs Hudson, the famous housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Mrs H, it turns out, is something of a detective herself, and has manyContinue reading “Book #10 – Mrs Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse”
Book #8 – The Miniaturist
Prompt – A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins. I would say that this book covers a number, but most notably lust, greed and envy. Medium – Book About the Book – Nella Oortman is sent off to Amsterdam to be married to a much older man at the age of eighteen. WhenContinue reading “Book #8 – The Miniaturist”
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