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Review: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Posted May 28, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff on November 30, 2004 Genres: Dystopia, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 194 Format: Paperback Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Every war has turning points and every person too.” Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy. As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way. A riveting and astonishing story. Written in the first person perspective, How I live Now is told as if Daisy is […]

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Review: Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan

Posted April 25, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan

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.Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan Published by Headline on June 17, 2014 Genres: Chick-lit, Contemporary, Fiction Pages: 504 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sheila O’Flanagan’s unputdownable bestseller THINGS WE NEVER SAY is a must-read for fans of Marian Keyes and Veronica Henry. The things we never say: A daughter doesn’t say how she feels about the past… A husband is afraid to say that selling the house his wife loves is the only option… A woman hasn’t said that even though they live thousands of miles apart, this man is always on her mind… If those things were said, the results could be life-changing. As Abbey – and a whole family she knew nothing of – are about to find out in this warm-hearted, thought-provoking and touching novel. To begin Things We Never Say there are three flashback scenes which introduce to us three, separate, unrelated characters. And […]

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Review: If I Could Turn Back Time by Nicola Doherty

Posted April 17, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: If I Could Turn Back Time by Nicola Doherty

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.If I Could Turn Back Time by Nicola Doherty Published by Headline Review on April 10, 2014 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction Pages: 342 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The laugh-out-loud love story of the year! If you love Lindsey Kelk and Mhairi McFarlane’s YOU HAD ME AT HELLO, you’ll love this book… What if you found The One, then lost him again? Or not so much lost him as became the neurotic, needy girlfriend from hell. The girl who tried to make him choose between her and his job, and got seriously paranoid about his relationship with his female best friend… Zo� Kennedy knows she doesn’t deserve another chance with David Fitzgerald. But if there’s the tiniest possibility of making things right, she’ll snatch it. Even if it means breaking the laws of physics to do so… The prologue of If I Could Turn Back Time begins with Zoe waking up […]

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Review: No-One Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday by Tracy Bloom

Posted April 12, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: No-One Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday by Tracy Bloom

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Own Copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.No-One Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday by Tracy Bloom Published by Connects Publishing on April 12, 2013 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction Pages: 190 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Never has a late-night stand led to such chaos! Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other ever again after they end up in bed together following a school re-union. So all is forgotten…until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy’s baby. Oblivious to the mayhem unfolding, Matthews highly strung wife frets over giving birth to twins and Katy’s much younger boyfriend refuses to take fatherhood seriously. Love and life are messy but Katy and Matthew take things to a whole new level as deep emotions begin to resurface and hormones run riot. How […]

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Review: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

Posted April 8, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

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.Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Published by Headline Review on January 16, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 273 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Leonard Peacock is turning 18. And he wants to say goodbye. Not to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing something tragic and horrific. Nor to his mum who’s moved out and left him to fend form himself. But to his four friends. A Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour A teenage violin virtuoso A pastor’s daughter A teacher Most of the time, Leonard believes he’s weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he’s not. He wants to thank them, and bid them farewell. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is similar to The Silver Lining Playbook in many ways. Similar to Pat where the characters are considered to be strange, yet understand life and its rules better than the […]

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