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5 days ago February 11, 2020February 11, 2020alwaysneedmorebooks

The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanna Glen #AugustaHope @BoroughPress #BookReview

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Even though we are over half way through February I figured it wasn't too late to #spellthemonthinbooks. Still haven't got a book that starts with Y so I cheated a little! Hope you've had a good weekend! It's school holidays here in the UK this week and I've got a couple of days off work. On Tuesday my son and I are meeting @lovedreadingthis and her son for some London fun! Then on Wednesday I'm taking the oldest to a University Applicants Day to try and help him decide where he wants to go! Have a great week! #followers #anechoofscandal #readyplayerone #andthemountainsechoed #burialrites #unravellingoliver #rebecca #harrypotterandthecursedchild #bookstack #bookspines
Augusta Hope is a little bit different.  She is a voracious reader and loves words – at 6 she is reading and memorising the dictionary. At 8, she is looking at a globe and chooses her favourite country based purely on the sound of it’s name – Burundi. As a grown up she feels she doesn’t belong in the town where she lives with her parents and her twin sister Julia on Willow Close.  She always feels like she is destined for bigger things. When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta’s life, she ends up returning to the place she went on her childhood holiday, La Higuera in Spain. The other character we follow in this book is Parfait, a young man from the troubled country of Burundi, in the midst of civil war.  He lives with his family, who suffer the effects of the war and he dreams of leaving Burundi and poverty behind. The stories of the two characters run in parallel and I was equally invested in both!  One of the things I really enjoyed in this book, was the use of language – I loved Augusta’s obsession with words.  I also liked the way use of non-verbal communication was used – the way August’s mother looks at her with a sense of not understanding who she is. I read this a readalong with @tandemcollectiveuk and it was great to read and discuss it with so many others. Their readalongs are great...check out their page to see how to get involved! #theotherhalfofaugustahope #joannaglen #readalong #augustahope #augustahopereadalong #contemporaryreads
Happy publication day to Bad Island by @stanleydonwood! Over 80 images, Donwood chronicles the evolution of the world, from the swirling lines of sea, the rising of the land and the eventual formation of life. Time passes and civilisation rises...this story does not have a happy ending. Donwood is an artist well known for his monochromatic lino-cut style and producing the artwork for Radiohead's albums and I loved examining the pictures throughout this book! Probably the only book I've "read" with no words, the images are striking and I'm so glad I got to experience it. Swipe through for some images Thank you so much @penguinhamishhamilton and @penguinukbooks for my #gifted copy. #badisland #stanleydonwood #linocut #linocutprint #blackandwhite #graphicnovels #bookblogger
I've always loved reading to my boys and now they are older, I still have some fond favourites that remind me of them being little. ❤ Guess How Much I Love You is one of these books we loved and shared and @walkerbooksuk have released a new 25th anniversary edition of this classic book (both board book and paperback) ❤ Also released is this gorgeous cuddly toy created by @rainbowdesignsltd. Little Nutbrown Hare is holding a little red heart and would make a lovely little Valentine's gift (available from Clintons) ❤ As I said, my children are too old for these books now but luckily I have a new baby niece that I am going to gift the board book and cuddly toy too, for Valentine's Day! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ But that means I have a stunning paperback left over! I'd love to gift this to a child who'd enjoy this so if you'd like a chance, simply make sure are following me, like this post and tell me who you'd give it too! For an extra entry, share this post to your stories! Giveaway closes 16th February 2020 at 8PM and is available internationally! This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram, Tandem Collective or Walker Books. ❤ Thank you to @tandemcollectiveuk and @walkerbooksuk for my goodies! #guesshowmuchiloveyou #gifted #littlenutbrownhare #sammcbratney #anitajeram #childrensbooks #bookstoshare #babybooks #valentinesday #iloveyoutothemoonandback
Last month I was lucky enough to attend the HQ New Voices Fiction Showcase in their marvellous offices near the Shard. All debut novelists at HQ, the authors each pitched their books to us in a one minute presentation. I loved this format and these books in particular appealed to me! Swipe through for the blurb of each book. All very different, they all sound brilliant! Are there any here you've got your eye on? #hqnewvoices #littlewhitelies #allaboutus #tomellen #thecancerladiesrunningclub #josielloyd #philippaeast #thefamilytree #sairishhussain #thislovelycity #louisehare #bookstowatch #hqstories
A Woman of Sunstance by Barbara Taylor Bradford is celebrating its 40th anniversary. First published in 1979, (the decade I was born!), she is one of our most prolific UK writers. She has written over 30 novels and A Woman of Substance is ranked in the top ten bestselling fiction of all time! A Woman of Substance tells the rags to riches story of Emma Harte who in 1905 is 16, single and pregnant. By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world, having made her living running a retail empire. I really enjoy TV and movie sagas that span generations and I have a feeling I'm going to love this! Thank you to @getredpr and @harpercollinsuk for my #gifted copy. #awomanofsubstance #barbarataylorbradford #sagafiction #bestsellers #womenwriters #historicalfiction #familysaga #bookstagramtour #emmaharte #ukbookstagram

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