Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you’re adding to your shelves, be it buying or borrowing. From ‘real’ books you’ve purchased, a book you’ve borrowed, a book you’ve been given or an e-book they can all be shared.
First up this week I have a copy of 24 Hours by Claire Seeber which is due to be published on 9 October 2015.
Blurb
My best friend, Emily, is dead – killed last night in a hotel fire.
But it was meant to be me.
Now I have 24 hours to find my daughter.
Before he finds out I’m still alive. NetGalley
I have a copy of The Shadow Life by Hannah Richell
borrowed from a friend after enjoying her debut novel Secrets of the Tides back in 2012.
Blurb
1980. On a hot summer’s day five friends stumble upon an abandoned cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. Isolated and run-down, it offers a retreat, somewhere they can escape from the world. But as the seasons change, tensions begin to rise…
Three decades later, Lila arrives at the remote cottage. Bruised from a tragic accident and with her marriage in crisis, she finds renovating the tumbledown house gives her a renewed sense of purpose. But why did the cottage’s previous inhabitants leave their belongings behind? And why can’t she shake the feeling that someone is watching her? Amazon
Lastly after being engrossed by The Go-Between last Sunday evening on BBC One I have a copy of the book by L.P. Hartley
Blurb
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. Goodreads
So there are my finds – What have you found to read this week?
The Shadow Year sounds quite spooky. Like the sound of all of them but this one the most.
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It does sound like the perfect autumn read, doesn’t it?
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Intriguing books as always Cleo! You’re bad for my TBR! 😉
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Haha blogging is bad for my TBR 😉
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When I read Atonement it reminded me of The Go-Between. For me, L. P. Harltey did it so much better!
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I was a huge fan of Atonement so now I need to see which I prefer…
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I’ll look forward to seeing what you think!
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I saw two copies of The Go-Between in a charity shop yesterday; I read the back and just thought “Atonement”! Didn’t buy it as I haven’t caught up on with it on the iPlayer yet and decided whether I’d like the book. It’s something I’ll probably watch on my own – not Mr C’s usual thing, although he loved Wolf Hall and The Village.
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I didn’t even mean to watch it, it was on in the background while I was doing stuff on my blog and I became engrossed!
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These all look so good…especially The Shadow Year. Thanks for sharing and enjoy!
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Thank you Laurel 😉
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Oh, these all look great, Cleo! I’m especially intrigued by The Shadow Year. As you know, I really do like those past/present connections. Very keen to know what you think of this one when you’ve read it.
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I was out with my friend and we saw it in a charity shop, she picked it first and according to her it is well worth a read… I love the present/past connections too.
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I want to read them all! I thought I’d read The Go-Between but now I realise I hadn’t! We recorded the TV adaptation but haven’t watched it yet.
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I didn’t mean to watch the TV adaption, it was on as background noise – I managed to bag the last copy in our local Waterstones yesterday – really looking forward to the whole story now.
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Ooh I haven’t heard of any of these before, but I’m intrigued! Hope you enjoy them 🙂
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Thank you so much for visiting 🙂
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Nice selection! I had to read The Go-Between for A-Level…I actually didn’t mind it which is surprising because I tried really hard to hate all the books I was forced to read through education LOL!
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Haha I know where you are coming from – I’ve just found out tomorrow’s adaptation is Cider With Rosie which was one of my texts for O Level and although I didn’t hate it – it wasn’t my favourite and somewhat ruined by over-analysing.
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Oh, I do hope you enjoy The Go-Between! One of my favourite novels of all time! The first time I read it many years ago I had to read it in one session – couldn’t stop – and some of the images have never left me. Ooh, you’ve made me want to read it again now…
His The Shrimp and the Anemone is brilliant too – you should add it to your TBR… 😉
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I picked up the last copy of The Go-Between in Waterstones yesterday and really looking forward to reading it especially as I didn’t entirely pay attention last Sunday evening. I may be paranoid but I’m sensing I’m sensing a determined intervention to grow my TBR? 😉
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I didn’t even spot the TV adaptation – must see if it’s still available on iplayer. Haha! You spotted that, did you? Revenge… 😉
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I think I’d like 24 hours. It’s a short summary, but it really does grab your attention!!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com
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