This is a re-telling of Sleeping Beauty and, similarly to the other two books in the series (see July haul), it is told with a dark twist to the tale. I adore the cover of this book - it is beautifully designed and mysterious looking. The book questions what would happen if true love's kiss did not actually solve everything? What if there was more to be done to get passed Maleficent's evil curse? Sleeping Beauty is one of my all time favourites and so I am SUPER keen to read this twisted tale!
"The One Memory of Flora Banks" by Emily Barr
A devastating brain tumour has left Flora with no short term memory retention. Every day the things she does she almost immediately forgets until the day she kisses her best friend's boyfriend (Drake) and remembers. Flora convinces herself that this boy must be the key to unlocking her memory retention. Flora travels across the world to meet Drake in Norway but with the problem of her memory this proves a lot more difficult than it would for other people. I got this one after seeing it for cheapsies in a supermarket. I have heard mixed reviews about it so I thought I would give it a go and see for myself.
"Nutshell" by Ian McEwan
To say I am excited about this one is an understatement. I first heard about this from Booktuber Sophie Carlon and from her description I just HAD to read it. This is a re-telling of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (hooked already?!) told from the perspective of an unborn baby in the womb. I don't really think I need to explain any further why this book sounds so blooming fabulous do I? I mean what more can you want?
"Confessions of a Sociopath" by M.E. Thomas
Having bought this one at a service station on one of my many trips down south I now feel a little bit of regret. I always have a snoop on Goodreads when I buy something I haven't heard of and this is among the lowest rated books I actually own. This is an autobiographical tale of the author's life as she identifies as being a non-criminal sociopath. Anyone who knows me knows I love a good book with a socio/pyschopath in there. I find the dynamics and relationships of sociopathic characters absolutely fascinating. I think there is a huge gap in the modern market when it comes to identifying female socio/psychopaths and with this being based on real life experiences I feel like this has the potential to educate us all about living life with conditions of mind different to the average person.I am definitely going to read it and hope Goodreads reviews were maybe wrong on this one.
"The Sellout" by Paul Beatty
Having been brought up witness to a variety of racial psychological experiments the main character is forced to look at life differently. He ends up in the Supreme court having reinstated slavery as well as enforcing segregation at the local high school. He does all of this to please his father and to help him to finish a manuscript based on his experiments in the hope that the script will help the family out of financial trouble. When his father is killed in a police shoot out, he must confront all that he was brought up with as well as facing the lies and deceit left behind by his father. It's a satire. It sounds AMAZING. Let's all have a think about what the world is like now...this could not be more relevant.
"Love & Gelato" by Jenna Evans Welch
Lina's mum has one last wish before she dies: Lina must go to Tuscany, Italy and get to know her father - a father who hasn't been around for 14 years. Lina is hesitant until she is given her mother's journal from the time she lived in Italy. She ends up on a journey of discovery that leads her to uncover a secret that means everything will change. This was a 99p ebook. Every day I get an email from "BookBub" which outlines free or very cheap ebooks that I might like based on the interests I put into their website. It is brilliant and there is often a little gem in amongst the recommendations too.
"The Time Traveller's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
Unfortunately I just have not gotten around to this month's book club reads. This was one of them and I will definitely read it but I have been so busy this month getting organised to go back to work that I just have not had a minute to read this. I will be honest I know very little about this other than Henry is married to Clare. Henry has a rare disorder which makes his genetic clock reset periodically to a time which has had or will have an emotional impact on his life in some way. Every so often he finds himself out of sync with time and not in the place he is meant to be. Together Henry and Clare attempt to keep life as normal as possible but are faced with an uphill struggle against something completely outwith their control. I have wanted to read this for ages and just never managed to get around to it. Now that I actually have the ebook it seems there is no excuse!"The Girl With All The Gifts" by M.R. Carey
This was the second book club read this month and again I just never made it to this one on my list. It is one that a few of my colleagues have read and loved which makes me interested straight away. Melanie's life is far from normal. She is escorted only to school every day strapped into a wheelchair and with two armed guards. They say she is a special little girl. She talks about her life in the future - all that she hopes and dreams of. This makes everyone around her look sad but she is not sure why. All I am going to say is zombies. Again, anyone who knows me and what I like to read would not straight away jump to recommend this one. I am not, have never and will never be one that is into zombie fiction (one day I will be able to face the experience of reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" but it is not today). I am nervous about this one. Very nervous.
I have a few posts that I want to put up in the next few days. Obviously part 2 of the book haul is my priority but I also met Patrick Ness this month (EEK) and I have a special review of "See What I Have Done" in the pipeline. Finally my monthly reading wrap up - which is not actually too shabby! I will be working on those this week.
Have you read any of these? If so what were they like?
Meg x
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