Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
So here’s a book I was probably never going to read, because everyone and their brother was fawning over it when it came out a couple years ago and I only go for those massively loved books if they sound like something I’d read anyway (see The Night Circus). And while I have a soft … Read more
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (28 August − 1 September)
The premise behind this book is an alternate universe in which weird things happen regularly − time gets out of joint, extinct animals can be cloned, religious fighting is replaced by “Who was the real Shakespeare” fighting. As in this universe, the government has a lot of bureaus to control its constituents, among these SpecOps … Read more
Gods Behaving Badly, by Marie Phillips (6 May − 9 May)
Another book picked for its interesting title. This book answers the age-old question: “What would the world be like if the Greek gods lived in a house in London?” Yes, really. There’s backstabbing and revenge and a mortal love story in the middle of all of it. The end is trite, but the path there … Read more
