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Dear Reader,
With Summer holidays fast approaching now is the time to start choosing and buying your Summer Reading so don’t miss our special section packed full of our favourites. We also have good news for fans of Horror and Crime, more Pre-Publication exclusives and, some brilliant free to enter booky prize draws and competitions. Read on…
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Summer Sun, Reading Fun
Apparently 20% of people who read only read on holiday so having the right books on hand for that holiday is absolutely vital and that's where Lovereading comes in. We have been earmarking our favourites all year and after much debate we have decided upon a
special range of books perfect to pop in your own or your families suitcase. Take a look at our
Summer Reading categories today and get choosing.
There are
eight themed categories that cover fiction and non-fiction, from Action Packed and Exciting through Emotional and Absorbing all the way to Mysterious and Thrilling. There's something for everyone so why not download a free Opening Extract, make your choice, then allow your Summer holiday to glide by?
And, if you know any teenagers then do tell them about their special
Teen Summer Reads section with stories and characters so gripping you will be telling them to put their books down!
Bloody Foreigners! – Maxim’s International Crime Titles
One of our new categories this month celebrates the rise of international crime-writing with one of our editorial experts, Maxim Jakubowski. In the wake of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo phenomenon and the Wallander novels, Scandinavian crime thrillers are all the rage.
But there are a whole host of great crime authors from all over the world and this section is the place to find them. For instance,
The Stronger Sex, by Hans Werner Kettenbach, is a clever and psychological exploration of eroticism,death and revenge; or
Affairs of State by Dominique Manotti is a classic tale of corruption, governments, intrigue, murder and sex. This to name but two! If crime is your thing,
investigate this section and you’ll be kept occupied for a month or two at least!
Plus, don’t miss another crime favourite of ours that was one of our Debuts of the Month in May. It’s from a brand new crime publisher called Mulholland and the not-to-be-missed debut is
Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark… Watch out for more from both of them in the future.
Hold the Press! – Pre-publication Exclusives
Horrifiction! - Maxim Best of Horror
Maxim has been particularly busy of late with another new category and a celebration of all things ghostly, ghoulish, gory and scary! Often overlooked by serious critics as lightweight (blame Hollywood!) this genre now has a promising generation of great writers offering intelligent plots as well as frights and thrills. There is so much to discover, like the amazing
Peter Straub – a former Stephen King collaborator – whose disturbing drama,
A Dark Matter is out now. Of course there is such variety and choice, that we can’t mention it all here, but look out for the gripping
Dan Simmons, the epic
Justin Cronin and the imaginatively dark
China Miéville. Why not come to the site, see for yourself and take a journey into the
dark heart of excellent writing!
One Stop Shop for eBooks
Frustrated that you have to go to different sites for different eBook formats? Well, don’t be! Lovereading has the very first
one stop shop for eBook buyers! For the first time, users of any of the main formats (iBook, ePub and Kindle) can find what they need in just one place. This is a
unique online service and it’s proving a hit with the ‘e-readers’ on the site if our email postbag is anything to go by!
Titles with digital versions are highlighted in one easily navigated section - you’re one click away from
great stories on the go! Not only that, but to make it EVEN simpler, check out our ‘eBooks of the Month’ below and choose from the titles that we think are the bee’s knees!
Author Favourites from our Favourite Authors
Our hugely popular ‘
Author Favourites’ section is where celebrated authors share their own favorites with us. It continues this month with offerings from
Joanna Trollope and
Irvine Welsh, among many others. Come and see what the people you read are reading and find your next great title!
Buchan the Trend – John Buchan Classic Re-releases
We know, we know, we re-introduced you to
John Buchan last year to coincide with the 70th anniversary of his death.
With over 15 novels to choose from, we have revamped our John Buchan section to celebrate the recent re-release of his two best known classics,
The 39 Steps and
Greenmantle. A great chance to reacquaint yourself!
TV Book Club Summer Read
It’s back! 8 books reviewed by a celebrity panel over 8 weeks of the summer. Showing on More4 from 26 June and repeated on Channel 4 from 27 June, it will feature 8 new titles promising to be the most talked about books of the summer. As ever, we will be featuring them all and each with free downloadable Opening Extracts, so you can see if you agree with the panel before you buy them! We’ve done a quick straw poll in the office and A Visit from the Goon Squad and The Lantern came out top. Read an extract on each on the site now. Summer Lovin’!!
A New Leaf on the Poet Tree! – Poetry Section Revamped
For you lovers of verse out there, we have revamped our poetry section featuring old favourites, classics and new writing. What’s more, they’re now being selected by an editorial expert with a real passion for poetry to help you choose the best reads.
Happy Birthday to Us! Lovereading is 25!
In 2009 a Danish internet agency calculated that a ‘realyear’ was the equivalent of 4.7 internet years. So following this logic we are now celebrating 25 happy years of Lovereading.co.uk. Tomark this silver jubilee we have selected just five titles – one for every ‘real’ year, that have changed our lives in our short life to date. You can see our choices in a special section – and why not discuss them, or tell us your own, on our
Literary and Contemporary Facebook page?
Read the Shortlist! – Short Stories
Sometimes you want a quick read and, without the time for a full novel, short stories can be great travel companions. We’ve selected three stunning, concise
tales to choose from:
Aphrodite’s Hat by Salley Vickers - a brilliant exploration of love and relationships; or perhaps pick up
The Best British Short Stories edited by Nicholas Royle, which is exactly what it sounds like! Finally, check out
Last Fling – a collection of award-winning shorts by Sue Gee, set in the past in rural England. Go on … Sell yourself short!
Happy Lovereading!
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