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#TopTenTuesday Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024 #TuesdayBookBlog

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Top Ten TuesdayTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024. Here are mine, many of which I’m fortunate to have ARCs of via NetGalley. Links from each title will take you the book description on Goodreads.

  1. The Trap (Alias Emma #3) by Ava Glass (publishes 1st August) – ‘She has just one week to catch a killer’
  2. Cabaret Macabre (Joseph Spector #3) by Tom Mead (publishes 1st August) – ‘An atmospheric and puzzling mystery that pays homage to the greatest writers of the genre’s Golden Age’
  3. Berlin Duet by S.W. Perry (publishes 1st August) = ‘From silent era Hollywood and the nightclubs of pre-war Vienna to the ruins of Soviet Berlin, a moving, ambitious story of an enduring love amidst the devastation of war’
  4. The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable (publishes 15th August) – ‘From the jewelled palaces of Venice to its mud-licked canals, a story of one woman’s irrepressible ambition and rise to the top, of loss and triumph’
  5. Heart, Be At Peace by Donal Ryan (publishes 15th August) – ‘A stunning, lyrical novel told in twenty-one voices’
  6. Six Lives by Lavie Tidhar (publishes 29th August) – ‘Six lives, connected through blood and history, each rooted in the dirt of their inheritance, look to the future, and what it might hold’
  7. Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers (publishes 29th August) – ‘A life-affirming novel about all the different ways we can be confined, how ordinary lives are built of delicate layers of experience, the joy of freedom and the transformative power of kindness’
  8. Precipice by Robert Harris (publishes 29th August) – ‘A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the Great War’ 
  9. Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd (publishes 5th September) – ‘From the vibrant streets of sixties London to the sun-soaked cobbles of Cadiz and the frosty squares of Warsaw, an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and obsession’
  10. Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans (publishes 5th September) – ‘Funny, sharp and touching… a love story and a bittersweet portrait of an era of profound loss, and renewal’

There is so much to look forward to! What books are you eagerly anticipating?

#WWWWednesday – 19th June 2024

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WWWWednesdays

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

Why not join in too?  Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping!

Currently reading

The Days of Our BirthThe Days of Our Birth by Charlie Laidlaw (eARC, Rampart Books)

It was a perfect relationship until time pulled them apart.

The Days of Our Birth delves into the intricate bond between Peter and Sarah as they navigate their formative years. Spanning from their sixth birthday through two decades, the narrative unfolds against the backdrop of Sarah’s placement on the autism spectrum.

With a blend of humour and poignancy, the book intricately weaves together themes of love and friendship, unravelling the tale of two individuals who grapple with their emotions for each other, even though they remain unacknowledged.

Magpie MurdersMagpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Orion)

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She’s worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It’s just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway…

But Conway’s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.

Recently finished

Alvesdon by James Holland (Transworld)

The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany.

When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war, the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat. The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war, in the air, at sea and on land, where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences. (Review to follow)

A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray (Hutchinson Heinemann)

What Cathy Will Read Next

The HousekeepersThe Housekeepers by Alex Hay (Headline)

UPSTAIRS, MADAM IS PLANNING THE PARTY OF THE SEASON.

All eyes are on the grandest house in Mayfair as the countdown to their lavish summer ball begins. Everything must be perfect. But with the chandeliers gleaming and the cellars stocked, loyal housekeeper Mrs King is suddenly dismissed.

DOWNSTAIRS, THE SERVANTS ARE PLOTTING THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY.

As the clock strikes twelve on the night of the ball, Mrs King will return to strip the house of its riches – right under the nose of her former employer.

And she knows just who to recruit to pull off the impossible: a bold alliance of women with nothing left to lose and every reason for revenge.