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Read on for some of this month’s highlights and news of new fiction publisher Blue Door, the CWA Dagger Awards and our Sci-Fi category which has had a mega makeover. Or scroll down to see a selection of personal favourites from our Summer Reading selections. |
This months Highlights – not to be missed
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Peter C :: Jul.22.2009 :: Newsletters :: No Comments »
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan July 2009 Debut of the Month. This is a quite remarkable and moving debut novel that has was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and, at times frightening tale that explores humanity’s unfailing desire … |
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What I Saw and How I Lied Judy Blundell Winner of the prestigious National Book Award. Julia Eccleshare’s comment: |
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Storm Glass Maria V Snyder July 2009 Book of the Month. First of a new trilogy following Opal’s adventures as she weaves magic into glass. With her unique blend of skills – magician and glass blower – she is the only one who can help the … |
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In Bed With… Imogen Edwards-jones, Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Kathy Letter This is the most enormous fun – a collection of sexy short stories written by bestselling authors. To add to the fun, they have all used ‘porn’ pseudonyms, a combination of their first pet and their street names. … Download free opening extract |
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Worldwide Adventures In Love Louise Wener May 2009 Book of the Month. A lovely book full of nostalgia and warmth. Jessie’s story is set in the 1970’s and finds her coping with a family life that is breaking down around her. In the letters she finds from … |
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The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson July 2009 Book of the Month. One of the major success stories to recently come out of Sweden. It’s the second part of the Millennium Trilogy which began with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and it is quite exceptional. Sadly … |
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Killing God Kevin Brooks July 2009 Book of the Month. A thrilling, thought-provoking novel from the critically acclaimed |
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Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story Carolyn Turgeon Cinderella’s fairy godmother has been exiled on earth for 300 years for failing at her task back in the old story. She works in a book store, a lonely sad woman desperate to return to her world … and the … Download free opening extract |
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The Tenth Case Joseph Teller July 2009 Book of the Month. An American legal thriller with a difference for it stars a clever but disillusioned man who has the feel of an Old Bailey hack to him. He is poor but due to his ability and … |
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Summer on Blossom Street Debbie Macomber These gentle tales are great for spending a few indulgent hours visiting the characters of Blossom Street. New characters are introduced and old favourites return. When Lydia starts a new knitting group called “Knit to Quit” she gets her first … Download free opening extract |
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The Troll Julia Donaldson An original and witty version of a traditional tale which shows what happens when two stories get blended into one. The Troll lives under the bridge – which is where he is meant to live. And the pirates are out … Download free opening extract |
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan This is a remarkable and moving debut novel that was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and at times frightening tale that explores humanity’s unfailing desire not just to survive, but to live, … Download free opening extract |
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Angel Cake Cathy Cassidy Friends and relationships are the hallmarks of Cathy’s novels as she portrays her characters and their friendships particularly well. The plot lines are easy to get into, there’s always a subliminal message too and in Angel Cake it’s don’t judge … Download free opening extract |
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The Boy in the Dress David Walliams Touching, funny and full of insight, this tender story tells how Dennis decides that everyone does not have to be the same. Bravely, he decides to do something completely different. Taking a risk he reinvents himself and begins to see … Download free opening extract |
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What I Saw and How I Lied Judy Blundell Winner of the prestigious National Book Award. Utterly gripping and beautifully told, this is a stunning rite of passage novel full of powerful and conflicting emotions, which captures Evie’s dramatic shift from child to adult in pinpoint sharp, painful detail. Excited … Download free opening extract |
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Girls to Total Goddesses in Seven Days Sue Limb Brilliant fun, this is a roller coaster of a read as it swings effortlessly from the wild extremes of total despair to absolute ecstasy capturing the trials and tribulations of Zoe and Chloe, best friends forever. Zoe and Chloe have … Download free opening extract |
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Urgency Emergency! Injured Spider Dosh Archer A fun first read that no 5+ year old, who is just beginning to want more words on the page than a picture book offers, should miss. It’s been a while since something as good as has been published for … Download free opening extract |
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Ghost Hunter: Book 6 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Michelle Paver A stunning 6th and final episode, brings the bestselling ‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’, which began so dramatically with Wolf Brother to a close. Now it is Torak’s last adventure; he must travel up into the mountains and find the … Download free opening extract |
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Harris Finds his Feet Catherine Rayner Winner of the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. Touching and inspiring, this is a beautiful story of a youngster finding his feet and being encouraged to forge his own way in the world by his remarkable Grandfather. Harris is a very … Download free opening extract |
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Megan Book One: The Biggest Decision of All Mary Hooper Tender and thoughtful, Megan charts the welter of complex emotions Megan goes through from the moment she discovers she’s pregnant. At only fifteen she has to deal with the impossibly difficult choices that it throws up, as well as coping … Download free opening extract |
Peter C :: Jul.13.2009 :: Newsletters :: No Comments »
Lovereading.co.uk Top 10
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Playing the Game Belle de Jour Unlike the previous two books by this author this has been marketed as fiction however, the story is about how things may have turned out for Belle and her friends so it will be up to you to decide if … Download free opening extract |
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The Hungry Ghosts Anne Berry June 2009 Debut of the Month. A superb novel from a great new talent. The story unfolds told from the different perspectives of each family member and from Alice’s “Ghost”. Unloved by her mother and at a disadvantage in the family … |
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In Bed With… Imogen Edwards-jones, Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Kathy Letter This is the most enormous fun – a collection of sexy short stories written by bestselling authors. To add to the fun, they have all used ‘porn’ pseudonyms, a combination of their first pet and their street names. … Download free opening extract |
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Home Marilynne Robinson Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Jack Broughton returns to his family home after twenty years away. The book tackles the subject of family relationships and how they affect our lives in the past, present and future – inescapable … |
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The Angel’s Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon June 2009 Book of the Month. Fans of The Shadow of the Wind will be pleased to find that the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books reappears in Zafon’s new novel. Set in 1920’s Barcelona this is a haunting, thrilling, fascinating tale … |
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No One You Know Michelle Richmond June 2009 Debut of the Month. The devastating effect on a close family when their genius daughter is murdered. The younger, carefree sister narrates this tragic tale 14 years after the event when she is at last able to piece the … |
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Tease Immodesty Blaize The British Queen of Burlesque, Immodesty Blaize, turns her talents to writing, with great success. With all the racy, raunchy fun you could expect from a novel about a girl who has risen to the top of her game in … Download free opening extract |
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan July 2009 Debut of the Month. |
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White Nights Ann Cleeves Setting a detective novel in the Shetland Isles is a stroke of genius in itself as a close knit community such as that is the last place you would expect murder to take place. Adding to the chilling news that … Download free opening extract |
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Killing God Kevin Brooks July 2009 Book of the Month. A thrilling, thought-provoking novel from the critically acclaimed |
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Kaspar Michael Morpurgo CD Audio edition read by Paul Chequer. A wonderfully emotional but heart-warming tale from the pen of one of the foremost writers for children. Brilliantly interwoven in historical fact at the time of the sinking of the Titanic is the story … Download free opening extract |
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Bloodchild Tim Bowler If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of time … Download free opening extract |
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The Undrowned Child Michelle Lovric A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice. Working alongside the … Download free opening extract |
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Nicholas Dane Melvin Burgess Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is … Download free opening extract |
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The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all orphans, all incredibly … Download free opening extract |
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The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award – the winner will be announced in July Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009. Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young … |
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Urgency Emergency: Injured Spider Dosh Archer A fun first read that no 5+ year old, who is just beginning to want more words on the page than a picture book offers, should miss. It’s been a while since something as good as has been published for … Download free opening extract |
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Toby Alone Timothee De Fombelle Winner of the 2009 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. We think it’s an exciting, gripping fantasy story of a miniature world under threat and a boy hunted by his own people. In a sentence, The Borrowers for the 21st Century. Be prepared … Download free opening extract |
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Creature of the Night Kate Thompson Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children’s Book Award. From multi-award winning author Kate Thompson comes another absorbing read, blazing an enthralling path between the stark realities of modern-day society and the fantasy for which … |
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The Boy in the Dress David Walliams Touching, funny and full of insight, this tender story tells how Dennis decides that everyone does not have to be the same. Bravely, he decides to do something completely different. Taking a risk he reinvents himself and begins to see … Download free opening extract |
Peter C :: Jul.06.2009 :: Most Popular Books :: No Comments »
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With summer come ideal reading opportunities – so let Lovereading help you find the perfect books for scorching days on far-away beaches or balmy British afternoons in the garden. Read on for dozens of Summer Reading selections and much more… |
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Authors of the Month – two great talents to discover
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Books of the Month – amazing new stories |
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 The Girl who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson The second in the brilliant Millennium Trilogy. Lisbeth Salander is suspected of a double murder, but Michael Blomkvist, editor of the Millennium newspaper, is doing his utmost to uncover the truth. |
 Storm Glass Maria V Snyder The first book in a compelling new fantasy trilogy; Opal sets out to save the Storm Clan, pitting her unique but untested magical abilities against danger and deception. |
 The Tenth Case Joseph Teller An utterly compulsive legal thriller about a maverick criminal defence lawyer whose only chance of saving his career is to prove the innocence of a girl charged with killing her elderly husband. |
 The Host Stephenie Meyer From the author of the hugely successful Twilight Series comes a novel that will have huge appeal to adults about a strange species who are taking over the world by inhabiting human bodies… |
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Debuts of the Month – read the next big things |
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 Even Andrew Grant Jason Bourne meets James Bond. A man framed for murder who finds himself launched into an international conspiracy stretching from war-torn Iraq to the heart of America. Thrilling stuff. |
 Outlaw Angus Donald An action-packed historical thriller which delves deep into the fascinating legend of Robin Hood, through the eyes of a young man who has just joined the fearsome band of outlaws. |
 Gauntlet Richard Aaron An absolutely sensational debut in which the hero, an autistic savant, somehow ends up fighting drug barons and international terrorists with his extraordinary skills |
 The Monsters of Templeton Lauren Groff From the new imprint Windmill comes a rattlingly good family saga, one of the best we have read this year. Mystery, mayhem and a monster! What more could you ask for? |
 The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan Dark, gripping and powerful this is a debut novel for teenagers although if the interest in the Lovereading office is anything to go by you should definitely have a look yourself. |
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Peter C :: Jul.06.2009 :: Newsletters :: No Comments »
Did you know that 1 in 5 of us only read on holiday? Also when these people do read they could devour 5 books! – so making sure you choose ones you will enjoy this Summer is even more important. That’s where Lovereading’s unique approach, of handpicked selections and free Opening Extracts of all the books we feature, is priceless.
Behind the Blue Door – discover an exciting new publisher
Firstly, we have one of THE industry aficionados, Maxim Jakubowski, choosing his 
Summer Reads – hot and with a plot
Debbie Macomber
Louise Wener – Guest Editor of the Month!
Dark, dangerous and delightful – the Dagger Awards 2009 
Sci-Fi recommendations from an expert 
The best new Science Fiction and Fantasy
Stop Press – 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction just announced