Books in Review: This Week’s Highlights

In this carefully curated selection, you'll find detailed summaries, insightful reviews, and key details about each post from the week.

I've included direct links and purchasing options to help you easily locate and acquire anything that interests you.

If any post sparks your curiosity or you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’d be delighted to discuss these selections further or offer additional recommendations tailored to your preferences.

Enjoy exploring this week's highlights!

This Beautiful, Ridiculous City by Kay Sohini:

At its core, the book is a love letter to New York, a city that has long been mythologised in literature, film and music.

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A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle.:

The first love of a teenage girl is a force unto itself, but when that love is for her best friend, the stakes become even higher.

Set in Newcastle, Australia, in 1972, A Language of Limbs explores the heart-wrenching choice between embracing desire or suppressing it, between living openly or conforming to expectations.

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&Juliet:

This week, I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Press Night for &Juliet at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford

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Lulu Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller:

Lulu Dean's Little Library of Banned Books is a sharp and entertaining satire that aims at censorship, small-town politics and the power of literature.

Set in the tight-knit community of Troy, Georgia, the book follows the long-standing feud between Beverly Underwood and her rival, Lula Dean

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Book Mail:

This week, I was thrilled to receive a special delivery of book mail.

The books included are:

• The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

• The Quick and The Dead by Emma Hinds

• I Bet You'd Look Good in a Coffin by Katy Brent

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