The Apartment Upstairs by Lesley Kara @TransworldBooks @alisonbarrow #TheClqrt #LesleyKara #BookReview #TheApartmentUpstairs #BookBlog

Bantam Press 23rd June 2022 Book Description This Girl Scarlett's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the flat upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of this devastating crime. After all,…

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers @BlkLibraryGirl @liv_mar @4thEstateBooks #TheLoveSongsofWEBDuBois #HonoreeFanonneJeffers #BookReview #BookBlog #TheClqrt

4th Estate Books 20th January 2021 Book Description The great scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois, once wrote about the problem of race in America, and what he called 'double consciousness', a sensitivity that every African American possessed in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois's words all too well. Ailey grows…

The Christie Affair by Nina De Gramont @NinadeGramont @MantleBooks @PublicityBooks @Midaspr #TheChristieAffair #NinaDeGramont #BookReview #TheClqrt #BookBlogg

Mantle Press 20th Jan 2021 Book Description In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I'm no Hercule Poirot. I'm her husband's mistress. Agatha Christie's world is one of glamourous society parties, country house weekends and growing literary fame. Nan O'Dea's world is something very different. Her…

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara @PicadorBooks #ToParadise #BookReview #BookBlog #TheClqrt #BigBooks

Picador Books Jan 2022 Book Description In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of…

Wahala by Nikki May @NikkiOMay @DoubledayUK @alisonbarrow #Wahala #NikkiMay #The Clqrt #BookReview #BookBlog

Doubleday Books Jan 2022 Book Description Ronke, Simi and Boo are inseparable mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though they don't all see it that way. Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband…

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski @emrata @QuercusBooks #MyBody #EmilyRatajkowski #BookBlogger #BookReview #NonFictionReads #TheClqrt #RecommendedReading

Quercus Books November 2021 Book Description Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actor, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty - one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furore with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic…

Magpie by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks #Magpie #ElizabethDay #TheClqrt #BookReview #BookBlog

September 2021 4th Estate Books Book Description Sometimes Marisa gets the fanciful notion that Kate has visited the house before. She makes herself at home without any self consciousness. She puts her toothbrush right there in the master bedroom, on the shelf next to theirs. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she's ever wanted. Then…

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood #ThePenelopiad #MargaretAtwood @canongatebooks #TheClqrt #bookreview #bookblog #GreekRetelling #TheOdyssey

Canongate Books Book Description For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, running a kingdom while her husband is off fighting the Trojan war is not a simple business. As if it isn't bad enough that he has been lured away due to the shocking behaviour of her beautiful cousin Helen, Penelope must also bring up her wayward…

The Newcomer by Laura Elizabeth Woollett @ScribeUKbooks @lewoollett #TheNewcomer #BookReview #TheClqrt #BookBlog

Scribe Books Dec 2021 Book Description When her 29 year old daughter Paulina goes missing on a sleepy Pacific island, Judy Novak suspects the worst. Her fears are soon realised, as Paulina's body is discovered. Murdered. Every man on the island is a suspect, yet none are as maligned as Paulina herself, the captivating newcomer…

Top Girl by Danielle Marin @MardleBooks #nonfiction #memoir #theclqrt #TopGirl #DanielleMarin #bookreview #bookblogger

Mardle Books March 2022 Book Description Meet Danielle Marin, grammar school girl turned county lines drug dealer. Betrayed by the police after a brutal assault, Danielle's happy childhood turns sour when she finds the protection she needs in gang life. Can Danielle find a way out before it's too late? My Thoughts This was a…