Welcome to the mid-month update of everything that is new and exciting in the world of books from the Lovereading team who are lucky enough to eat, drink and sleep books! Read on for a pre-publication bookshelf bursting with amazing reads, a chance to win a weekend break in Devon and much more…Ahead of the Game! – Pre-publication Exclusives

You know we like nothing more than bringing you great new titles before the rest of the madding crowd gets to see them? And do look out for the extra reviews from our Reader Review panel members.

Welcome back the un-PC Grandmother of Mummy Porn!

Oh the excitement in the office when we heard that Ambition was being reissued 24 years on from its original publication. This rude, raunchy, sleazy, addictively readable, guilty pleasure still has the power to shock and as Julie Burchill says herself 'it makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Anne of Green Gables'. Click here to read an exclusive Q&A Lovereading had with Julie Burchill. This is an absolute must read for everyone who has read 50 Shades and loved it or loathed it!!!

Win a luxury craft weekend break on Dartmoor

If beautiful things, as well as reading, are your passion, then click here to find out how you can win a weekend away amongst beautiful surroundings, breathing the clean air of rural Dartmoor, whilst indulging your passion for exquisite hand-crafted products. The prize, to be taken 7-9 June, includes a 2 night stay in luxury self-catering accommodation, gourmet lunches and dinner and tickets to the Contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey! And while we are on more practical matters Foodies shouldn't miss our Food and Drink Book of the Month  Freeze & Easy: Fabulous Food and New Ideas for Making the Most of Your Freezer from Sara Lewis - just the thing to keep you busy in the kitchen waiting for the sunshine to come back!

Get a (down)Load of this! - eBooks of the Month

eBooks, we love them and have them in a wide range of different formats to suit different devices including the exciting range of new KOBO eReaders. See the shelf below for some of our e-favourites this month but whatever you do, don’t miss The Twelve by Justin Cronin the epic continuation of the sweeping, vampire-packed, dystopian, end-of-civilisation thrill-ride that began with The Passage.

Fact and Fiction for Teens

Our 'new gen' category is a treasure trove of books and authors that aims to bridge the reading gap for the teen / young adult audience. From scary paranormal romances, mesmerising thrillers and compelling dystopian tales, there is something for every young adult taste. This month don't miss the steamy Irresistible by Liz Bankes, which got some rave reviews from our Reading Panel and the useful and insightful Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed by Nicola Morgan (invaluable for teenagers and parents we think).

One for the Clever Clogs in the Family. (Father’s Day is 16 June btw!)

Word up! – We all like to impress with our vocabularical dexterity, even if more often than not we utilise words completely out of context … just because they sound impresario. This new book, as entertaining as it is educational, explains the etymology of 600 words you probably know but don’t use correctly. It’s a great gift for Father’s Day! Just saying. How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't by Hubert van den Bergh. And talking of Father’s Day check out our special Father's Day category for more literary gift suggestions.

Group Bookings! – Help for Reading Groups

If you are part of - or thinking of starting - a Reading Group, we have a special section JUST for you. Designed to bring you a perfect selection of great titles suitable for groups PLUS we’ll give you an extra 5% discount when ordering 5 or more books. Now that’s a talking point! Click here to get started. This month we recommend the controversial debut Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin, dealing with issues of identity, gender and sexuality and freedom of the press. Also The Child Thief by Dan Smith, a page-turning, atmospheric and taut historical thriller.

Time to get in a Flap!

The Great Gatsby film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opens 16 May. So, if you’ve not yet read the book on which the film is based, or any of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s other timeless classics that epitomised the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age, then click over to our special category featuring beautiful editions published by 2012 Independent Publisher of the Year Alma Books.

NEW “Find Your Local Bookshop” feature

It’s all about books and book-lovers at Lovereading (the clue is in the name) and we are always looking to provide the best ways for you to access great reads. Local bookstores need our support and we thought that as well as guiding you to fabulous books, we could also show you where to get them - if you don't want to use Lovereading's mouse to doormat service. Neat, huh? To find your local bookshop just click the button you will find on every page. And that, book fans, sums up a blossom-filled May at Lovereading. See you next month for even more great reads in the summer sunshine!