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My Year in Books: 2017 by the Numbers
Tag: Fiction
The Fellowship of The Ring from a Movie-Lover’s Perspective
Yes. Here it comes. Shut that Balrog down, Gandalf. YOU. SHALL. NOT-- what?
Mini Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
"In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun."
July Wrap Up
A round-up of this month’s reading and writing.
Review: Living the Dream by Lauren Berry
Living the Dream is Lauren Berry’s debut novel about two best friends, Emma and Clem, navigating adulthood and pursuing their art.
Futures in Publishing: The Changing Landscape of Contemporary Fiction
Despite internal shifts and challenges, publishing is the biggest creative industry in the UK - bigger than music, television, or film.
Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The novel by Benjamin Alire Sáenz follows the adolescence of Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana, who meet as 15-year-olds in El Paso, Texas and become practically inseparable. When faced with puberty, family troubles, danger, and grief, can their peculiar friendship endure?
Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
It's rare for a sequel to live up to, let alone outdo its predecessor, but Pierce Brown knocked this one out of the park.
The Business: Futures in Publishing 2017
Introducing a new series based on discussions at The Business: Futures in Publishing. Topics include: The Changing Landscape of Contemporary Fiction, Is YA Making Us Dumber?, Poaching Authors, Is Publishing Literary Fiction a Viable Business?, and Top Tips for Entering the Publishing Industry.
ARC Review: All the Good Things by Clare Fisher
Beth was a young woman fresh out of the foster system and determined to start a new life for herself. She had a new job, a new best friend, a new lover, and happily but unexpectedly, a new child. But that was all before the Bad Thing. The thing that landed her in prison and convinced her she's a '100% bad person'. The thing she keeps trying to run from.
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