Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Set hundreds of years in the future, the world has evolved to the point where there is no death, no hunger, no war and no poverty. The world is ruled by ‘The Thunderhead’, the evolved form of ‘The Cloud’, which takes care of the world and the peopleContinue reading “2021 Book #54 – Scythe”
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TBR Pile #15 – Dangerous Alliances
Medium – Book About the Book – Lady Victoria Aston is a headstrong girl living in the early 19th century and is a complete fanatic for the writings of her favourite author, Jane Austen. She is determined to find her own Mr Darcy/Mr Knightley/Colonel Brandon, but is in no hurry to do so. However, circumstancesContinue reading “TBR Pile #15 – Dangerous Alliances”
TBR (To be Read) Pile Book #1 – Love in a Cold Climate
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Fanny Logan, a 19-year-old at the beginning of the book, is the narrator of Nancy Mitford’s sequel to ‘The Pursuit of Love’. Fanny is cousin to ‘The Radletts’ – the semi-autobiographical reimagining of Mitford’s own slightly eccentric family. In this book, we encounter Polly Hampton, the only daughterContinue reading “TBR (To be Read) Pile Book #1 – Love in a Cold Climate”
Book #48 – An Orphan’s Wish
Prompt – A bildungsroman (a coming of age tale – not necessarily for the main character in this instance, but definitely for one of the supporting characters!) Medium – Book About the Book – Set in WW2, the book tells the story of Lana Ashwin, a young teacher whose fiancee, Dickie, dies at sea. HerContinue reading “Book #48 – An Orphan’s Wish”
Book #36 – Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery
Prompt – A book with a bird on the cover. Medium – Book About the Book – Polly Waterford lives on the beautiful Cornish island of Mount Polbearne, running the two little bakeries on the seafront. She lives in the beautiful lighthouse with her boyfriend Huckle and her very sweet puffin, Neil. However, everything isContinue reading “Book #36 – Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery”
Book #31 – A Summer Scandal
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”
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”
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