The Throwaway Children (Diney Costeloe, 2015) caught my eye when I was looking for something new to read. I love books set in the war, and although this was set just after, a key focus in the story is the effect the war had on Britain, and Britain’s children. The story is set around two […]Read Post ›
World Book Day is our kind of day! To celebrate, we thought we’d do a roundup of some of the best books we’ve read this year… Feed (Mira Grant) This post-apocalyptic novel is incredible and impossible to put down. The first in the News Flash trilogy, Feed is brilliantly written and definitely worth a read. I […]Read Post ›
Harriet Lane’s Her (2014) popped up on one of those ‘Recommended For You’ lists and I’d heard good things about Harriet Lane’s debut novel, Alys, Always, so I thought I’d give this a go. I’m usually a huge fan of psychological thrillers, but sadly this book didn’t quite cut it for me. Her tells the […]Read Post ›
Station Eleven (2014) was actually recommended in an issue of Stylist magazine a couple of weeks ago – and anything involving a post-apocalyptic world, or an illness that wipes out most of civilisation and I’m instantly sold (although no zombies in this one). Station Eleven is written by Emily St. John Mandel. I think she […]Read Post ›
The Miniaturist (2014) by Jessie Burton was awarded the Book of the Year 2014 prize by Waterstones. It’s the bestselling literary debut hardback novel of the decade so far. I’d seen the book advertised a lot and there was a lot of hype surrounding it and so it seemed like the perfect Christmas holiday read. […]Read Post ›
Reading is pretty much second nature to us here at TAL so we were super happy to receive this little package from our friends over at Book and a Brew this week. Head over to their site here to check our their amazing offers, for a monthly charge you can even have a regular delivery. […]Read Post ›
I’m a big fan of dystopian stories, and I do love a lot of the young adult dystopian novels, although there does seem to be more and more of them popping up! I saw a trailer for the film of The Maze Runner, and thought it looked interesting, but I’m always a fan of reading […]Read Post ›
I was a huge fan of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl and so decided to sit down and read her other novels. There is a recurring theme of crime and darkness throughout her novels, each of them very different but gripping in their own way. Dark Places (2009) is a crime thriller, set in rural America […]Read Post ›
The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt was another of those books that suddenly everyone seemed to be reading or talking about. It’s a pretty long book, so perfect for holiday reading or long commutes. The book takes its title from a painting, The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, a Dutch painter who was killed in a […]Read Post ›
How incredible is this? Can you spot your favourite book? “An intricate type map of the capital teeming with infamous fictional characters from London’s literary past and present. Featuring the famous and infamous. And also the less well known. Those with an amazing moniker or brilliantly conceived nickname who are a credit to their creator. […]Read Post ›
