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Book review: Magnolia Parks

Magnolia Parks by Jessica Hastings She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain’s most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart. Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it. She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with [...]

Lilia2025-02-11T17:01:20+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Romantic Fiction, Romy|

Topical Tips: Valentine’s Day

by Damla There is something irresistible about classic romantic comedy movies from the ‘90s and 2000s: unrestrained humor and drama all rolled into one emotional rollercoaster with a safe formula that always delivers a heartwarmingly happy ending. So for this Valentine’s Day, find your perfect match in the new and upcoming [...]

Damla2025-02-11T17:07:56+01:00Tags: B.K. Borison, Brigitte Knightley, Brittany Kelley, Cait Jacobs, Contemporary Romance, Damla, Kate Goldbeck, Naina Kumar, Romance, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Romcom, Sarah Hogle, Topical Tips, Valentine's Day|

Book review: Starling House

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow Opal Gravely has spent her life obsessed with the mysterious Starling House – but when its reclusive heir offers her a job, she discovers there may be monsters lurking within. This is a sweeping, Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. [...]

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:04+01:00Tags: Alix E. Harrow, Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Iris, IrisW|

ABC Bestsellers – January 2025

January has come and gone, and it's time for our monthly list of ABC Bestsellers. These titles are taken from the sold-books data across all 3 ABCs, and gives us an insight into the books you love (to buy, at least ;-)). The highly anticipated Onyx Storm finally arrived and became [...]

Lilia2025-02-04T21:44:40+01:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, Anne Frank, Ava Reid, Best of Lists, Classics, Constance Garnett, Current Affairs, Daron Acemoglu, Fantasy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gege Akutami, James A. Robinson, Lília, Manga, Mel Robbins, Memoirs, Political Science, Politics, Psychology, Rebecca Yarros, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Timothy Snyder, Xiran Jay Zhao|

Bookbits for 5 February 2025

By Sophie If these Bookbits appear a little disjointed, please forgive me: I've been counting books for the past 3 days on account of inventory and may still have little flashbacks (2-15-3 times). - Perhaps a little unsurprisingly, Publishers Weekly reports a spike in US sales of dystopian novels in January 2025, [...]

Sophie2025-02-04T21:56:02+01:00Tags: Awards, Black History Month, Bookbits, Dystopian, fallen heroes, Interviews, Jane Austen, lists, literary puzzle, Sophie|

Book review: I Who Have Never Known Men

Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus? Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. [...]

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:07+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fiction, General Fiction, Jacqueline Harpman, Matty|

Lunar Year of the Snake

By Naomi Today January 29th, we welcome the Year of the Snake. This year looks to be a year of wisdom, adaptability and it will bring a sense of transformation. We've got a couple of colleagues whose Lunar zodiac sign is a snake, and for them this year will bring many [...]

Lilia2025-01-19T12:59:08+01:00Tags: Ariel Hsu, Carissa Broadbent, Crime Fiction, Darcie Little Badger, Fantasy, Fiction, Howard Linskey, Kate Pearsall, Kids, Lindsay Straub, Manga, Naomi, Nna Natsuo, Romantasy, Sher Lee, Young Adult|

Nexus

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens Stories brought us together Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies The internet promised infinite knowledge The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other What will AI do? Nexus is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive – and to thrive.

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:11+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, AI, Book review, Book Reviews, History, Science, Tiemen, Yuval Noah Harari|

Lunar Year of the Dragon: ends and beginnings

By Lília As the Year of the Dragon comes to an end, we think of all the books about or with dragons that we would have liked to read or recommend during the year, even if we might not have the time to read them all. We have our preferences, but [...]

Lilia2025-01-28T11:58:00+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, Christopher Paolini, Evan Winter, Fantasy, George R.R. Martin, Highlights, John Gwynne, Juvenile Fiction, Lília, Lunar Year of the Dragon, Samantha Shannon, Tui Sutherland, Young Adult|

This is How You Lose the Time War

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war. That's how war works. Right?'

Lilia2025-02-11T15:40:14+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, Book review, Book Reviews, Damla, Science Fiction|

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