About the Book: It's 1962 and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer. Finding herself … Continue reading Book Review: Psalms for the End of the World by Cole Haddon
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Social Media Blast Tour: Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott
About the Book: From Andrew Caldecott, the author of the ROTHERWEIRD trilogy, comes a dark, enigmatic, compelling new adventure: think Alice in Wonderland meets Station Eleven, played out in places where paintings come to life. The world is on the brink of utter destruction. Despite the climate activists’ best efforts, the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying plant life, … Continue reading Social Media Blast Tour: Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott
Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
About the Book: In 1912, eighteen-year-old Edwin St. Andrew crosses the Atlantic, exiled from English polite society. In British Columbia, he enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and for a split second all is darkness, the notes of a violin echoing unnaturally through the air. The experience shocks him to … Continue reading Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Book Review: A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee
About the Book: A riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women. Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing … Continue reading Book Review: A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee
Book Review: The Last Circus on Earth by B.P. Marshall
The Last Circus on Earth… About the Book: It’s 2070, and the post-Collapse world is staggering toward another, perhaps final, destruction. Blanco, is a reluctant member of Mister Splinter’s Magnifico Cirque de Curiosities. Travelling through dangerous lands, this heavily-armed band of freaks and circus performers survive by conning and killing, robbing and running – and … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Circus on Earth by B.P. Marshall
Book Review: The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall
The Mother Fault… About the Book: Imagining a near future as terrifying as Margaret Atwood’s Gilead, a riveting tale of one woman taking on the world to save her own. You will not recognise me, she thinks, when I find you . . . Mim’s husband is missing. No one knows where Ben is, but … Continue reading Book Review: The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall
Book Review: Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
Jane in Love... About the Book: At age twenty-eight, Jane Austen should be seeking a suitable husband, but all she wants to do is write. She is forced to take extreme measures in her quest to find true love – which lands her in the most extraordinary of circumstances. Magically, she finds herself in modern-day … Continue reading Book Review: Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
Book Review: Inexpressible Island by Paullina Simons
Inexpressible Island (End of Forever saga – book 3)... About the Book: They were ready for anything ... except the end. The must-read conclusion to the epic End of Forever saga by Paullina Simons. Julian has lost everything he ever loved and is almost out of time. His life and death struggle against fate offers … Continue reading Book Review: Inexpressible Island by Paullina Simons
#BookBingo – Round 22
Another horizontal line filled on my card. Bingo! Themes of Science Fiction: Rogue by A.J. Betts I know that dystopian fiction seems to have morphed into a genre of its own but it has its genesis in science fiction, so with keeping this in mind, I was able to easily slot Rogue, book 2 of … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 22
Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
The Tiger Catcher... About the Book: Can true love ever die? The first novel in a beautiful, heartbreaking new trilogy from Paullina Simons, the international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes … Continue reading Book Review: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons
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