The famed diarist Samuel Pepys was born in 1633, alive during the Plague and The Great Fire of London, and we can't help but think what he would have made of the current flooding woes. Perhaps one approach is simply to lose yourself in a good book and Lovereading has virtual shelves groaning with recommendations. You could also enter this month's competitions, one is to win a £450 luxury weekend in Wiltshire and another to win a guided tour of Downton Village worth £190.
It shouldn't be possible to get a peek at great books
before they're published, but it is! See the shelf below for some March titles you can start reading now – and look out for the 'Glasses Icon' for ones that have already been reviewed by our Reader Review Panel in addition to our own editorial experts.
They say the opening line of a book is the most important and if it doesn't grab your attention the rest of the book won't. Well to test that – and your memory / searching skills this month
we have a £50 Lovereading book voucher as a prize for anyone who can guess the book the opening line below comes from.
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since"
To have a chance of winning,
tweet us @lovereadinguk telling us which book this opening line is from. All the correct entries will be popped into a virtual hat, on 1 March 2014, and a winner will be chosen at random and tweeted by 5 March. Good luck.
Still the only place where all you digital dabblers can download most forms of eBook, we have a great selection for you this month. Particular mention goes to:
The Tournament by Matthew Reilly - a gripping historical thriller; a tale of murder, passion and intrigue set in the majestic city of Constantinople.
See all our featured eBooks
here.
What's more,
KOBO owners can see special selections in our
KOBO Readers' Club, where brand new additions to the already bursting bookshelf await them!
Our
WW1 category is growing in size and popularity and this month we have added 5 fascinating titles shown below.The books shed new light and interesting perspectives on a conflict we all should know more about. For example, did you know that less than half of adults in the UK know who were Great Britain's allies?
Another category that is fast becoming the place for aficionados of Crime, Sci fi and Erotica is curated by
Maxim Jakubowski. This month he celebrates recurring characters (or themes). His February book selection resurrects some series written many decades ago, including Georges Simenon's cop creation Jules Maigret, now being re-released with powerful new covers by Penguin, alongside a few relatively new candidates.
Please do visit, you won't be disappointed.
You've heard the success stories. You fancy having a go at publishing your own title. But where do you start?
The Self Publishing Conference (Leicester University. 30March) is the perfect place to find out and meet people who've done it. All you need to do is visit
our special category of books to help you get published and find out how to claim your Lovereading Member 10% discount on the fee and, who knows? Next year our Reader Reviewers could be raving about you.
Here's what's new in our hugely popular
If You Like, You'll Love category, dedicated to matching authors you already know to ones you may not have read:
…And why not pour another cup and browse the shortlisted titles for the inaugural
Folio Prize which was announced on 10 February?
It is a new prize to celebrate the best of writing published in the UK over the last 12 months and it offers the biggest reward financially to the winner of any book prize. Our favourite is
Schroder by Amity Gaige.
That's all from us this month. We'll see you in March with more great titles and with any luck, the promise of Spring. And, if you enjoy receiving our expert book recommendations do please tell friends and family about us.
P.S. Don't miss the chance to get your hands on a selection of
Jodi Picoult books - we have 3 sets to give away – but be quick, the Free Prize Draw closes on 28 February.
P.P.S. If you love the cinema go to our '
Books behind films' category where you can
win a £20 cinema voucher EVERY month.
P.P.P.S. Finally, for a bit of a laugh, CLICK HERE to see what would happen if the children's villains in some favourite books were tried in court. If you like it - share it...
Happy Reading
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