“The Orphanage of Gods” by Helena Coggan
Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve read a lot of commentary about this book in the blogging community, so I was looking forward to reading it. It seems like this book is really dividing opinions with some readers loving it and others hating it. I have a strange tendency in life to like things that other people don’t, so I was curious to see how what side of the debate I would fall on with this book.
“The Burning” by Laura Bates
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
When I heard that Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism was writing a novel, I was really excited to read it. Her work is often discussed in the school in which I teach and the website and Twitter feed are used by pupils when looking at issues around sexism, social media, gender bias and peer pressure. I was keen to see whether a fictional approach would be able to tie in with the topics we’ve explored already.
“Slayer” by Kiersten White
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and Netgalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
When I was a young whippersnapper of around 16 years old there was a tv show I loved and adored. It was witty, sexy, dramatic, action-packed and for me was quite simply streets apart from everything else. This show was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
“In the Night Wood” by Dale Bailey
Thanks to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
First of all just look at that cover. LOOK AT IT. It is totally my aesthetic. If I saw it in a bookshop I’d buy it no matter what so, kudos to the designer.
This book follows the story of Charles and Erin Hayden. They move from North Caroline to rural Yorkshire upon receiving an old mansion as part of Erin’s inheritance. Cool right? Well…
“Enchantée” by Gita Trelease
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
So first of all, a confession. I am obsessed with the French Revolution. I collect books about this period of history including some really rare out of print French books. I even have a book written by Marie Antoinette’s hairdresser printed in the 1800s. I say this not to boast, but to highlight how much of a big deal this period is to me.
“They Were Her Property” by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Thanks to Yale University Press and NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is an important book in a much-overlooked topic. All too often in historical writing we see white women being given a free pass when it comes to their culpability for the horrors of slavery. This book seeks to set the record straight and change our assumptions about antebellum women slave-owners.
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“Fierce Fragile Hearts” by Sara Barnard
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve read some very disappointing contemporary YA novels lately, but I knew from the start that this book was going to be different. I haven’t read the author’s previous novel which concerns some of the same characters, but I don’t feel like I had to in order to appreciate this one. Continue reading ““Fierce Fragile Hearts” by Sara Barnard”
