Category: Fiction

Best of 2012: Rook, Swimming Home, Hawthorn & Child, and Object Lessons – Guest Post by Alan Bowden

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This guest post has been written by blogger and philosophy PhD student Alan Bowden. Alan's blog Words of Mercury is an intelligent and well-written book blog with a variety of texts as well as Alan's own fiction and poetry. Here he talks about his favourite books of 2012 (he couldn't choose just one!), Rook by… Continue reading Best of 2012: Rook, Swimming Home, Hawthorn & Child, and Object Lessons – Guest Post by Alan Bowden

Best of 2012: Illegal Liaisons by Grazyna Plebanek

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Grazyna Plebanek is already a highly successful author in her native Poland, and Illegal Liaisons is the first of her novels to be published in English. The publisher, Stork Press, aim to give a new voice to writers from Central and Eastern Europe. I discovered them by chance earlier this year, and am so glad… Continue reading Best of 2012: Illegal Liaisons by Grazyna Plebanek

Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley

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From the outset, everything about this novel is mysterious. The tagline on the cover reads, 'Not everyone wants to be saved'. The inside cover reads, One father; two daughters; fifty wives. They're waiting for Salvation. Pray it never comes. In the wake of a suspicious fire, Amaranth gathers her children and flees from the rural… Continue reading Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley

Best of 2012: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Guest Post by Lucy Rock

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This post is written by blogger Lucy Rock. Her blog, Literary Relish, features a pleasingly varied selection of books, as well as updates about The Manchester Book Club, which Lucy attends, and which has its own blog here. I always enjoy Lucy's writing and she was an obvious choice to contribute to this series. Here… Continue reading Best of 2012: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Guest Post by Lucy Rock

Best of 2012: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann – Guest Post by Emma Chapman

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This post has been very kindly written by the author Emma Chapman. Emma's debut novel, How To Be A Good Wife, is a tense psychological thriller that will be published on 3rd January 2013 by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. Click here to see my review. Here Emma talks about her favourite book of… Continue reading Best of 2012: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann – Guest Post by Emma Chapman

A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd

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I thought I'd take a break from my Best of 2012 series to write about a book I've just finished and am sure will feature in my best books of 2013 - keep an eye out for it in February! A Treacherous Likeness is the follow up (though not strictly a sequel) to Tom-All-Alone's (published… Continue reading A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd

Best of 2012: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick De Witt – Guest Post by Lyndsay Wheble

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Lyndsay Wheble is a blogger I've been reading for a while, and I'm always impressed by her choices of books to feature on her blog, Tolstoy Is My Cat. She is a dedicated reader and her blog is a joy to read. Here she talks about her pick for 2012, The Sisters Brothers by Patrick… Continue reading Best of 2012: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick De Witt – Guest Post by Lyndsay Wheble

Best of 2012: The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye – Guest Post by Lynn Shepherd

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This guest post was very kindly written by author Lynn Shepherd. Lynn is the author of two historical crime fiction novels, Murder at Mansfield Park and Tom-All-Alone's. A Treacherous Likeness, the follow-up to Tom-All-Alone's, will be published in February 2013. All Lynn's books are published by Corsair, an imprint of Constable and Robinson. Here she… Continue reading Best of 2012: The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye – Guest Post by Lynn Shepherd

Best of 2012: After Such Kindness by Gaynor Arnold

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In August I wrote my first review for Fiction Uncovered (my only so far but there will hopefully be more!) - the book in question was After Such Kindness by Gaynor Arnold. I hadn't heard of it until Fiction Uncovered sent it to me, and I'm so glad they did. The novel is 'inspired by… Continue reading Best of 2012: After Such Kindness by Gaynor Arnold

Best of 2012: When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones

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I've decided not to write about my best books of 2012 in any sort of order - though I have one or two that stand out as favourites I've decided not to do a Top 10, or to write chronologically. However, by chance, the first book in my Best of 2012 series was published in… Continue reading Best of 2012: When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones