Years Of Reading Selfishly

I’ve written a short piece on words that wear their hearts on their sleeves. Like ‘secretary’: literally a keeper of secrets.

Thank you to Zoe and @picadorbooks @MantleBooks for my copy of #TheGoldenHours by #LouisaYoung which is out in September and is the next instalment of the Cazalet Chronicles. I also received a copy of the new edition of #TheLightYears - which means I will need the others too!

Thank you very much to @johnmurrays for my finished copy of #Underdogs by @louise__powell which is out now. This is George and his Dad Reg’s story - and what happens when they are offered the chance to race Goldie, a fawn greyhound. I think it’s going to break my heart…

Thank you so much to @alisonbarrow and @DoubledayUK for my beautiful finished copy of #WastelandGirls by #AnnaBailey which is out on 30th July. I love Anna’s writing, so am really looking forward to their collection of short stories too.

Thank you @LuathPress and #AlisonIrvine for my beautiful finished copy of #Daughterhood which is out in September. This is Nina’s story, of her relationship with her family and her realisation that she can change her life. It sounds just my kind of novel.

Thank you so much to @NewCrossPress for my surprise copy of #Horsefly by #MireilleGagné tr by Pablo Strauss - it’s out on 25th June. This is Theodore’s story and his relationship with his grandfather, Émeril. As the world changes outside, the past may have the answers they need.

Thank you so much to @alisonbarrow and @DoubledayUK for my copy of #OurNobleSelves by #KateAtkinson which is out in September. I recently read and loved #ShrinesofGaiety so can’t wait to read this one!

Thank you so much to #ManillaPress @bonnierbooks_uk for my copy of #ATinySpeckofBlackThenNothing by @EmilyMidorikawa which is out next month. Described as a dazzling slow burn novel set in the underworld of Osaka’s nightlife, it sounds intriguing!

Thank you very much to @poetrycandle for my copy of #TenPoemsAboutCathedrals which as always is beautiful. Selected by Carole Bromley, not only is it a wonderful book of poetry, but also a perfect gift too!

Thank you again to Ella and @SceptreBooks for my beautiful finished copy of #VillaCoco by #AndrewSeanGreer which is out now. I have heard so many amazing things already, and it looks just the perfect read to brighten up these gloomy days!

Thank you so much to Ella and @SceptreBooks for my copy of #Delirious by #DamienWilkins It’s out on August 6th, and is the story of Mary, and her husband Pete, who have decided to move. Before they do, they have to deal with things from their past that might change everything.

Thank you again to Berk and @1000Horsemen for my copy of #PortraitOfAGentleman which is out on August 3rd. This is the story of Lucio Cavaliero, a Venezuelan writer and cosmopolitan libertine, and the account of his carnivalesque exile in New York.

Thank you very much to Berk and @1000Horsemen for my copy of #FromDarknesstoDarkness by #WillHeinrich which is out on August 3rd. This is Jonah’s story told through his different relationships, and in doing so we learn about his life.

Thank you very much to @isnotanotter and @BloomsburyBooks for my copy of #TroubleWas by @chedwardes which is out on July 2nd. A novel about families, secrets and coming of age? Just my kind of novel - it sounds brilliant.

Thank you so much to Marcela and @dialoguepub @QuercusBooks for this fabulous package to celebrate #TheHoneymoonSuite by @rebecca_tm_ which is out on June 18th. A perfect couple, a perfect honeymoon and a perfect lie? Sounds perfect to me!

@backstreetjoe @graceflahive Oh thank you Lee! Hope all is well with you!

@yearsofreading @graceflahive It's so good!

Thank you so much to @graceflahive for my fabulous Giveaway win of a copy of her latest novel #PalmMeridian which is out now. I think it looks perfect Summer Reading and can’t wait read it!

Thank you so much to Georgia and @VikingBooksUK for my glorious copy of #TangledWebs by #CallieColes which is out on 16th July. A romantic novel set in the world of elite horse racing? It looks wonderful and I think I have something to fill the Jilly Cooper hole in my heart..

Thank you so much to @FitzcarraldoEds for my proof copy of #FancyWork by #AliceHattrick which is out on 18th June. In this book, Alice looks at how our present has been informed by the past history of textiles and what has been lost and can be rediscovered.

Thank you so much to @ProfileBooks for my finished copy of #TheseWildEnglish by #NicolaWilding which is out on 2nd July. Nicola’s memoir is about three generations of a working-class family and how they deal with an ever changing Britain.