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Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Posted November 20, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith Published by Headline on May 24, 2012 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 215 Format: E-Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything? Imagine if she hadn’t forgotten the book. Or if there hadn’t been traffic on the expressway. Or if she hadn’t fumbled the coins for the toll. What if she’d run just that little bit faster and caught the flight she was supposed to be on. Would it have been something else – the weather over the Atlantic or a fault with the plane? Hadley isn’t sure if she believes in destiny or fate but, on what is potentially the worst day of each of their lives, it’s the quirks of timing and chance events that mean Hadley meets Oliver… Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver’s story […]

Review: The Prophecy of Bees by R. S. Pateman

Posted November 19, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Prophecy of Bees by R.S. Pateman Published by Orion on November 20, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 352 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Lindy, a recently widowed American expat, buys a large manor house in the Cotswolds, she thinks it’s the fresh start she and her wayward daughter Izzy need. Stagcote Manor is a large, rambling house with a rich history and Lindy is thrilled at the prospect of their new life there. Izzy, however, is less convinced. She longs to be back in the hustle and bustle of London. There’s something unnerving about the house that she can’t quite put her finger on. And as Izzy begins to immerse herself in Stagcote life, she gradually realises the locals have a lot of strange and disturbing superstitions, many of them related to the manor. When Izzy begins to investigate the history of the house, her […]

Review: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson

Posted November 18, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1.5 Published by Gollancz on October 23, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 96 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads An action-packed Reckoners story from Sunday Times Bestseller Brandon Sanderson that bridges the action in Steelheart with the all new adventure Firefight, in a collectible HB edition From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, co-author of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson, comes Mitosis, a short story set in the action-packed world of Steelheart: the Reckoners series, exclusively available in a HB collector’s edition. Epics still plague Newcago, but David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Catch all the action before Firefight, the exciting sequel to Steelheart, hits the shelves. Mitosis was a brilliant action-packed short story! It had everything packed […]

Guest Post: ‘Oyster Facts’ from Jo Thomas, author of The Oyster Catcher

Posted November 14, 2014 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for The Oyster Catcher by Jo Thomas, with Jo sharing some Oyster Facts! I loved reading The Oyster Catcher (see my review) and highly recommend it for all you Chick-lit fans out there! Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Below Jo shares some Oyster facts! So here are some Oyster facts to get you going! Oysters have existed since pre-historic times. According to champion shucker Patrick McMurray in his book ‘Consider the oyster’, shells have long been viewed as a symbol of womanhood and fertility. It was Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, to whom we owe the word ‘aphrodisiac’. She was carried to shore on a giant shell after rising naked from the foam in the sea. Some say it’s an oyster shell, some say it’s a scallop. The Romans couldn’t get enough of oysters. Roman emperors calculated their weight in gold and sent thousands of slaves to the shores of the English Channel to gather them, says McMurray. The Romans set up one of […]

Pastime Pleasures #20 – Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Posted November 13, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 2 Comments

Welcome to my feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago. N.B. For scheduling reasons I am posting this today, rather than Friday. It’s only one day different! I’m not even sure how I begin to describe how good Noughts and Crosses is as a book. I read it when it first came out and now over ten years on, the rush of emotions and the impact I feel when I read it still has not changed. Callum is white, he is a Nought and is therefore a second-class citizen, Sephy is black, she is a Cross, and is therefore part of the ruling class. The divide between these two classes is deep and there are strict separation policies in place. But Sephy and Callum are in love and will […]

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