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Tag: HQ Stories

September 8, 2019September 7, 2019alwaysneedmorebooks

Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks @adeleparks @HQstories @SophCalder @izsmith95 #LiesLiesLies #BlogTour

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019alwaysneedmorebooks

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding @mk_golding @HQstories @bookbellereads #LittleDarlingsBook #NotMyBaby #blogtour

April 23, 2019April 22, 2019alwaysneedmorebooks

Vox by Christina Dalcher @CVDalcher @HQstories @JenLovesReading #100Words #Voxbook

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So the Booker Prize has been announced and it was a draw! Not sure how I feel about it to be honest! Anyway, I own (but haven't read) The Testaments but I'm reasonably sure I'll love it. And out of the others on the short list, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo is the one that appeals the most. So sometime soon I'll read them soon and make up my mind! #manbookerinternationalprize #bookerprize #margaretatwood #thetestaments #thehandmaidstale #bernadineevaristo #girlwomanother #prizewinningbooks
Anyone in the UK will know this shot was not taken today! Instead it is a flashback to the summer, when I took the boys to the pier, gave them a couple of pounds and let them gamble the afternoon away on the 2p machines, while I sat in the sunshine and read The Grace Year by @kim2legit2quit! Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky. It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it... Full of adventure, this was a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games and Only Ever Yours.  I loved this - a terrific read.  It is dark and disturbing - these girls are pretty horrible to each other.  It makes you feel angry (the way the women are treated by men and each other). With teenage girls as the lead characters, I guess this is classed as a YA book, but it can comfortably be read by someone older (like me!). #thegraceyear #kimliggett #advancedreaderscopy #dystopianbooks #dystopianfiction #yafiction #feminist #openbooks #booksoutside #bookblogger #bookreview
Joining in with a fun tag from the lovely Kerrie over at @lovedreadingthis. I was quite surprised how many books I had for the #sprayedpagesrainbowstack tag! Any exciting weekend plans? We are off to another University open day today (Brighton this time, which is where I did my degree and where I met my husband!). And this afternoon we are off to visit my new baby niece in Essex! Busy but fun day ahead! #sprayededges #sprayedpages #booksteps #rainbowbooks #rainbowstack #colourfulbooks #harrypotterandthechamberofsecrets #theessexserpent #thedollmaker #queenie #Postscript #theflatshare #survivor #bookchallenge #booktags #saturdaystack
Welcome to my day on the Instragram book tour for the paperback release of Call Me Evie by @jppomare! The story opens with 17 year old Evie and her Uncle Jim arriving in Maketu, New Zealand having fled from their home in Melbourne.  Something terrible has happened: Evie doesn't remember what and Jim tells her he is hiding her away to protect her from the terrible thing she did. But what she does know is that Evie is not her real name.  And that Jim is not her Uncle. In the isolated cabin that is now their home, Evie must try to fix the pieces of her memory together to begin to remember the events that led her there. I found this book utterly captivating.  It completely drew me in, as for the majority of the book, I had no clue as what was going on or who to trust! The story is told in a series of before and after chapters.  The before chapters gradually reveal to us what Kate's life was like as a typical teenager back in Melbourne.  Her mum died when she was a child and her dad, a former sports star seems quite strict.  When she meets Thom at her swimming club, she falls hard for him but it soon becomes apparent he is quite possessive and jealous. The after chapters describe Evie's/Kate's new life in Maketu and detail her memories as they start to come back to her. I read this with a real sense of unease - the troubled feelings Evie has about her situation really get into your head.  Quite a slow burner, it is nonetheless a tense thriller and I wanted to race to the end to find our what happened! Thanks to @millieseaward at @littlebrownbookgroup_uk for my #gifted copy and for inviting me on the tour! #booktours #callmeevie #jppomare #psychologicalthrillers #bookreview #bookblogger #librariansofinstagram #booksoutside #booksandshoes
Today is #worldsmentalhealthday and the theme for this year is suicide prevention. I don't think there is anyone who hasn't been touched by mental health issues either themselves or in their friends or family. It's encouraging to see so many stories from people and their experiences. Things have come a long way since my dad told me as a teenager that he didn't believe in stress! My workplace is starting to put steps in place to help with mental health - we have a mental health first aider, access to confidential counselling services and initiatives like pilates in our lunch breaks. It is great to see positive steps been made. The photo today is just a few books that feature mental health issues, including social anxiety, obsessive behaviour and depression. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawarenessday #notesonanervousplanet #girlinterrupted #thebelljar #looker #everythingeverything #findingaudrey #bookstack
My latest #blogpost is about Three Little Secrets by Eithne Shortall. Set on idyllic Pine Road in Dublin, this is a story of a group of middle-class neighbours, friendship and what goes on behind closed doors. The story starts as a new family move onto the road which of course gets the curtains twitching... Martha, her husband Robert and two daughters are the mystery family who have moved to Pine Road under mysterious circumstances. Also new to the road is Robin who has moved back in with her mum Carmel, bringing her 4 year old son Jack with her.  Edie aspires to the perfect life - she desperately wants a baby with husband Daniel, wants to be accepted and liked by her neighbours.  She can't understand why Daniel is so reluctant to start a family. The three women become friends and gradually secrets are revealed. Not the sort of book I would describe as a page turner, I enjoyed this nevertheless.  I always looked forward to picking it up again and returning to the Pine Road dramas and happenings. There were a lot of characters in this book (mostly women) and although we mostly focus on Martha, Robin and Edie, the author is talented in bringing the other characters to life. The Pine Road Poker WhatsApp group, in just a few lines of text really makes you feel like you know the women!  Some of the conversations really made me laugh - I really warmed to the residents. Thank you to @readersfirst for my #gifted copy! #threelittletruths #eithneshortall #bookreview #bookblogger #neighbors #irishauthors #irishbooks #readersfirst #beatthisalgorithm #librariansofinstagram

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