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October – Hot off the press

September 30, 2020Books, Hot off the Press
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October is in the air: the leaves are almost all turning orange, the weather is getting colder and what better time to cosy up at home with a new book? Check out what’s hot off the press this October!

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab October 6th, Tor Books

A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.


SWAMP THINGS by Maggie Stiefvater

October 13th, DC Comics

Twins Alec and Walker Holland have a re putation around town. One is quiet and the other is the life of any party, but they are inseparable. For their last summer before college, the two leave the city to live with their rural cousins, where they find that the swamp holds far darker depths than they could have imagined.

While Walker carves their names into the new social scene, Alec recedes into a summer school laboratory, because he brought something from home on their tripโ€”itโ€™s an experiment that will soon consume him. This season, both brothers must confront truths, ancient and familial, and as their lives diverge, tensions increase and dormant memories claw to the surface.


GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS:100 IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Elena Favilli

October 13th, Rebel Girls

The latest instalment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape our world.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children. Packed with 100 all-new bedtime stories about the lives of incredible female figures from the past and the present, this volume recognizes women who left their birth countries for a multitude of reasons: some for new opportunities, some out of necessity. Readers will whip up a plate with Asma Khan, strategize global affairs alongside Madeleine Albright, venture into business with Rihanna, and many more. All of these unique, yet relatable stories are accompanied by gorgeous, full-page, full-colour portraits, illustrated by female artists from all over the globe. 


THE PUPPETMASTER’S APPRENTICE by Lisa DeSelm

October 13th, Page Street Kids

Impressed by the work of the puppetmaster and his apprentice, Taviaโ€™s ruler, The Margrave, has ordered dozens of life-size marionette soldiers to be sent to Wolfspire Hall. When the orders for more soldiers come in with increasingly urgent deadlines, the puppetmasterโ€™s health suffers and Pirouette, his daughter and protรฉgรฉ, is left to build in his stead. But there is something far more twisted brewing at Wolfspireโ€”the Margraveโ€™s son wants Pirouette to create an assassin. And he wants her to give it life.

With Tavia teetering on the brink of war and her father dying in the dungeons, Pirouette has no choice but to accept. Racing against the rise of the next blue moonโ€”the magic that will bring her creations to lifeโ€”she can’t help but wonder, is she making a masterpiece…or a monster?


KINGDOM OF THE WICKED by Kerri Maniscalco October 27th, JIMMY Patterson

Two sisters.

One brutal murder.

A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itselfโ€ฆ

And an intoxicating romance.

Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe โ€“ witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the familyโ€™s renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twinโ€ฆdesecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sisterโ€™s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic thatโ€™s been long forbidden.

Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emiliaโ€™s side, tasked by his master with solving the series of womenโ€™s murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seemsโ€ฆ


TROY by Stephen Fry

October 29th, Michael Joseph

The story of Troy speaks to all of us – the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies.

In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.


ONE AUGUST NIGHT by Victoria Hislop

October 29th, Headline

25th August 1957 is the night of a great celebration held in Plaka to mark the closure of the leper colony which sits across the bay: Spinalonga. A cure has been found, and the residents of the island are finally free to return to their families and lives.

But a tragic and violent event turns the night upside down; as some are given their liberty, others are condemned to lose theirs. Those who remain must face unthinkable loss, and rebuild the lives they thought they knew.


SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ALI GREENLEAF by Hayley Krischer October 6th, Razorbill

SPOILER ALERT by Olivia Dade October 6th, Avon

EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW by Shannon Takaoka October 13th, Candlewick Press

SIMMER DOWN by Sarah Smith October 13th, Berkley

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    Today on the blog: Cristina shared her reading pla Today on the blog: Cristina shared her reading plans for this month as she walks through the goal of reading 50 books this year! ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“š โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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So in honor, we popped some of that delicious corn, took out our scrabble board and played, well until we were tired @cristina1994 kicked our asses! Sheโ€™s the queen of scrabble guy. ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿผ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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This week @simonarosano posts about her Updated Winter Skincare. She has tried new products which now she loves and work wonders to her skin.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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    Happy Monday Everyone! โœจโœจโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € Happy Monday Everyone! โœจโœจโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Howโ€™s everyone doing? We have been a little nostalgic today and went through all our pictures from our many visits to #Cambridge, since today marks the birth of the author and former Cantabrigian A.A.Milne. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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If you ever visit, on a corner street between university thereโ€™s the original shop where all Winnie The Pooh toys were first sold. ๐Ÿงธ ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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    Who is tired of all this rain? ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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    Love your local macaroon dealer. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงกโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Because without them you wouldnโ€™t be able to have tasty and dreamy macaroons every week. And trust me, itโ€™s a sad world without macaroons! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Ours is @gisellerichardsonldn and her macaroons are to die for. We get them weekly at @primrosehillfoodmarket and let me tell you one thing: they never make it home! ๐Ÿคซ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™ˆโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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