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My Summer 2021 Reading List!

Hello again bookworms! 

I hope you've all had a wonderful Summer full of the best summer reads - I've definitely had a few! As usual, a lot of these books were advance requests so the dates will be in the future but you should definitely check them out once they're released. I started reading for the wonderful publisher called Europa Editions who specialise in translating and reprinting wonderful stories from different languages all over the world into English so I've got to read some amazing books I'd never have discovered before! 

                            

 Heartbreak Incorporated - Alex de Campi ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fantasy/Mystery | Released: 22/06/2021

 The Bookshop of Forgotten Dreams - Emily Blaine ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 18/06/2021

The Wedding Dress - Dani Atkins ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | 05/08/2021

Love Life - Nancy Peach ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 02/08/2021

You Will Never Be Forgotten - Mary South ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Stories | Released: 05/08/2021

But for the Mountains - Erin Riha ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: YA Fantasy | Released: 02/06/2021

Switch - A.S King ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: YA Sci-Fi | Released: 26/08/2021

The Anniversary - Laura Marshall ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 05/08/2021

The Spanish House - Cherry Radford ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 12/07/2021

The Editors Wife - Clare Chambers ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 02/07/2021

The Baby is Mine - Oyinkan Braithwaite ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Story | Released: 27/05/2021

Wish You Were Dead - Peter James ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Story | Released: 27/05/2021

Femlandia - Christina Dalcher ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Dystopian Fiction | Released: 19/10/2021

Trust - Domenico Starnone ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 19/10/2021

The Girl Who Wasn't - Cara Thurlborn ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: YA | Released: 30/09/2021

An Unusual Grief - Yewande Omotso ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 12/10/2021

Silent Pretty Things - O.J. Lovas ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 17/08/2021

Thorn - Stefan Plesoianu ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 17/09/2021

Every Day in December - Kitty Wilson ⭐⭐

Genre: Christmas | Released: 20/08/2021


     The Doll - Yrsa Sigurdardottir ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Horror/Thriller | Released: 22/07/2021

Just Haven't Met You Yet - Sophie Cousens ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 11/11/2021

The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 05/08/2021

I Thought You Said This Would Work - Ann Wertz Garvin ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 01/05/2021

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite - Anthology ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Stories | Released: 25/05/2021

You're History - Lesley Chow ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 09/03/2021

The Smallest of Bones - Holly Lyn Walrath  ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Poetry | Released: 26/11/2021

How Much Wine Will Fix My Broken Heart? - Kristin Bailey ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance / Fiction | Released: 30/06/2021

In Other Words - Mainspring Arts ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Anthology/Short Stories | Released: 24/06/2021

The Vacation - John Marrs ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 24/06/2021

Objects of Desire - Clare Sestanovich ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Stories | Released: 22/07/2021

Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O'Donoghue ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 01/07/2021 

Rough - Rachel Thompson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

No Touching - Ketty Rouf ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 12/08/2021

Patience - Victoria Scott ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 05/08/2021

What Happens At Night - Peter Cameron ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

House Swap - Olivia Beirne ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 04/11/2021 

The Anniversary - Laura Marshall ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 05/08/2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction| Released: 10/08/2021

The Library - Bella Osbourne ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 02/09/2021

The Upper World - Femi Fadugba ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Sci-Fi | Released: 19/08/2021

The Other Man - Farhad J Dadyburjor ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 12/10/2021

Underbelly - Anna Whitehouse ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 05/08/2021

The Skylight - Louise Candlish ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Story | Released: 27/05/2021

Saving The Day - Katie Fforde ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Short Story | Released: 27/05/2021

The Dragonfly Will Be The Messiah - Masanobu Fukuoka ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

Man's War Against Nature - Rachel Carson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You (Extract Only) - Sally Rooney ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 07/09/2021

The Boyfriend - Michelle Frances ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 03/02/2022

An Unusual Grief - Yewande Omotso ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 12/10/2021

The Prince of the Skies - Anthonio Iturbe  ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Historical Fiction | Released: 14/10/2021

Dare to Know - James Kennedy ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Science Fiction | Released: 14/09/2021

A Very Nice Girl - Imogen Crimp ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 03/02/2022

Life on Other Planets - Matt Cook ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Literary Fiction | Released: 10/06/2021

Nobody But Us - Laure Van Rensburg ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 14/04/2022

The Trapped Wife - Samantha Hayes ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 08/09/2021

Freckles - Cecelia Ahern ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 02/09/2021

The Spirit Engineer - AJ West ⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Mystery | Released: 07/10/2021

We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Mystery | Released: 12/08/2021



The Startup Wife - Tahmima Anam ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction  | Released: 03/06/2021

Green Ideas (This Can't Be Happening) - George Monbiot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Essays | Released: 26/08/2021

Uncanny and Improbable Events - Amitav Ghosh ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

The Beach Reads Book Club - Kathryn Freeman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Romance | Released: 30/06/2021

The Husbands - Chandler Baker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Mystery/Thriller | Released: 03/08/2021

The Democracy of Species - Robin Wall Kimmerer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 26/08/2021

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls - Mona Eltahawy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 17/09/2017 

Starstruck - Beth Miller ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 12/08/2021

Poison for Breakfast - Lemony Snicket ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 02/09/2021

Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Thriller | Released: 19/08/2021

The Cat Who Saved Books - Sosuke Natsukawa ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Fiction | Released: 16/09/2021

Sticker - Henry Hoke ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Non-Fiction | Released: 13/01/2022

The End of Men - Chrstina Sweeney-Baird ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genre: Dystopian Fiction | Released: 27/04/2021



Total Read: 70

2021 Reading Challenge: 175/200

 



Summer Highlights:

The Startup Wife

This was my first introduction to Tahmima Anam and I'm sure it won't be the last I hear of her - this book had it all for me. Strong women, geekiness, romance, questioning my very existence - what a book. After reading the advance review copy so kindly gifted to me, I had to go out and buy the signed hardback too because this needs pride of place on my shelf! 

Rock Paper Scissors

After the sucess of Sometimes I Lie, I had very high expectations of Alice Feeney and she didn't dissapoint me. Thrilling, intruiging, whip-smart and twisty - I adored this book. This title has also been optioned by Netflix so definitely keep an eye out for the adaptation! 

Poison For Breakfast 

Lemony Snicket was one of the authors that inspired my love of reading when I was a child, I still have my very aging copies of A Series Of Unfortunate Events on my bookshelf to this day. And this was so very familiar in a wonderfully unique way but with a brand new and wickedly clever story as usual. Delightful and absurd. 









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