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Call Me By Your Name : André Aciman vs. Luca Guadagnino July 26, 2018
You Were Made For This by Michelle Sacks June 28, 2018
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris June 14, 2018
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor May 30, 2018
Kate Morton – The Queen of Historical Fiction May 7, 2018

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"A handsome young knight is madly in love with a princess, and she too is in love with him, though she seems not to be entirely aware of it. Despite the friendship that blossoms between them, or perhaps because of that very friendship, the young knight finds himself so humbled and speechless that he is totally unable to bring up the subject of his love. Until one day he asks the princess point-blank: Is it better to speak or to die?" -------------------------------------- I've recently begun a new series on my blog called #bookvsadaptation where I'll be comparing books with their on-screen adaptations. This month's feature and the first post of the series is "Call Me By Your Name" (link in bio 👆). If you've read the book or seen the movie let me know which one you preferred. I love both of them equally but I could only choose one 🙈 - any guesses which one I picked? . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Her face was twisted, the hurt spreading like a rash, red and raging. Woman in flames. Burn, I thought, burn." Happy Publication Day to"You Were Made for This" by Michelle Sacks ! @hqstories Thank You for the review copy ♥ Review is now up on my blog (link in bio 👆). --------------------------------------- 📖 BLURB: A gripping page-turner for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW and THE PERFECT NANNY, Michelle Sacks's You Were Made For This provocatively explores the darkest sides of marriage, motherhood, and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built. When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of the family. She bonds with Conor. And with Sam. She befriends the neighbors, and even finds herself embracing the domesticity she's always seemed to scorn. All their lives, Frank and Merry have been more like sisters than best friends. And that's why Frank soon sees the things others might miss. Treacherous things, which are almost impossible to believe when looking at this perfect family. But Frank, of all people, knows that the truth is rarely what you want the world to see. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"….there’s something in me that needs him broken, so that I can put him together again just as I want." Book Review for "Bring Me Back" by B.A. Paris is now up on the blog (link in bio 👆). Thank you @hqstories for the review copy ♥. --------------------------------------------------- 📖Blurb: Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story. Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her. Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how much does she know? A tour de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning everything and everyone until its stunning climax. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Belated Congratulations to @jon_mcgregor and @4thestatebooks for winning Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards! In celebration I thought I'd review "Reservoir 13" on my blog (link in bio 👆). -------------------------------------------- 📖 BLURB: Midwinter in an English village. A teenage girl has gone missing. Everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on what is usually a place of peace. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. As the seasons unfold and the search for the missing girl goes on, there are those who leave the village and those who are pulled back; those who come together and those who break apart. There are births and deaths; secrets kept and exposed; livelihoods made and lost; small kindnesses and unanticipated betrayals. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, RESERVOIR 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a tragedy refuse to subside. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hi guys, it's been a while since I last posted... my exams end on the 6th so hopefully I can start posting regularly again! Yesterday I received an arc of VOX , courtesy of @hqstories ♥ So I took a photograph and tried to edit it (creatively) for the first time :) The blurb has me hooked already and even though my exams are going on I've already started reading it! As someone who is known to talk a lot (I even converse with complete strangers much to the chagrin of my friends 😂) I can't ever imagine living in a world where women are restricted to speaking only a #100WORDS each day 🙊. It horrifies me to no extent and I can't even begin to picture myself in that scenario... I can't wait to get to the end and see how the plot turns out! p.s.: I want to hear how you would cope if you were suddenly placed in a world/country where your ability to speak was restricted? Do let me know in the comments down below, I'm really curious to hear what other people have to say about the topic... -------------------------------- 📖BLURB: Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, any more and a thousand volts of electricity will course through your veins - Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial--this can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her. This is just the beginning. Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard. But this is not the end. For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

*yes my hand did get cramped up after I took this photo* I recently found out that Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield are publishing new titles this year and so I thought I'd do a little summary of sorts about all of the reasons why I love Kate Morton and her books and how The Thirteenth Tale single-handedly dragged me back into the realm of reading! (Link in bio 👆). It's currently exam season and I can't wait to resume my regular posting schedule soon 🙊.

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