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A few interesting books on Netgalley this week! We have Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre (which I've already read and enjoyed!), a re release of The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer and Ruth Ware's latest book, The Lying Game. I'm trying to be good and no request anything on NG for at least …
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The three books I added to my TBR this week are all ones that featured in my Netgalley picks of the week post from Monday. To Die in Spring by Ralf Rothmann Synopsis: Distant, silent, often drunk, Walter Urban is a difficult man to have as a father. But his son—the narrator of this …
This week we have a whole host of amazing books! For those of you who've been waiting for The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, like I have been, well wait no further! It's on Netgalley finally! There's also a republication of a sinister sounding true crime, several awesome UK read now books and a mysterious sci fi …
Continue reading "Netgalley picks of the week | 19th – 26th June"
Read this week Just one book read this week. With going on holiday, my reading kind of took a back bench, plus the new book I picked up is totally boring me lol! I finished The Fourth Monkey (finally), my review will be up on the 27th for a blog tour! Currently reading I'm reading two books …
I added just two books this week because nothing's really caught my eye... nothing wrong with that! Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin Synopsis: After his mother's death, eleven-year-old Marcus is sent to live on a small South Carolina island with his great aunt, a reclusive painter with a haunted past. Aunt Charlotte, otherwise a woman of …
There was a whole bunch of great mystery and thrillers, including a couple of interesting "read now" books, a new one from Claire douglas (author of Local Girl Missing) and a UK re-release of Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda (which I'm super excited about because I got declined for it earlier in the year, but I have …
Continue reading "Netgalley picks of the week | 5th -12th June"
When I first started on Netgalley, I really had no idea on what I should write in my bio area. Netgalley makes a big deal about the fact that having a good bio will make publishers more likely to accept your requests, however, they don't really give you a lot of support in terms of …
Thanks to Read Voraciously for giving me the inspiration to do this blog post! (it was a long time ago now, but it was still inspo lol!) I recently(ish) wrote a post all about the books I have on pre-order so today I thought I'd write a post about all the novels I've been given on Netgalley, …
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