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Hello everyone and happy Friday to you all. We’ve made it to the end of the week and here’s a book haul to celebrate! I’ve been intrigued by The Five Wounds ever since I saw it in hardback but I made myself wait until it came out in paperback! 😂 It’s Holy Week in the town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and 33 year old unemployed Amadillo Padea is to play Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his 15 year old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep. Vivid, darkly funny and beautifully rendered, the author brings to life the struggles of her characters to parent children they might not be able to save. I’ve been loving the #greatthomashardyreadalong2022 this year and this is one of the Hardy books I’m looking forward to getting to. Two On A Tower is a tale of star-crossed love where the emotional lives of Hardy’s two lovers is set against the background of the stellar universe. This is Hardy’s most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide and the fullest expression of his fascination with science and astronomy. Finally, What Strange Paradise - this beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. This is the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. It is also a tale of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair and about the way each of those things can blind us to reality. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaul #yesitsmorebooks #newbookspls #thefivewounds #kirstinvaldezquade #twoonatower #thomashardy #hardyfangirl #whatstrangeparadise #omarelakkad #morebooksthantime #morebookscoming #booksonthetbr #booksicantwaittoread https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci3EGm5rGll/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hello everyone and hooray it’s the weekend! This is my first week back at work and even though it’s only half days, I feel like I’ve done a full week 😅 Here’s a book haul! I had my eye on Greek Myths in the hardback but knew I had a bookshelf space issue 😂 so managed to wait for the paperback. This is the author’s reinterpretation of some of the classic Greek myths with illustrations by Chris Ofili. I’m reading If You Believe at the moment as a buddy read with my sister @chrissireads I know she has already finished and I’m only halfway through 🙈 so I need to catch up this weekend 😂 It’s essentially the story of a young woman called Mariah who has been suffering due to events in her past. Then drifter Mad Dog Stone (yes seriously 😳) enters her life looking for work and the two help each other to move forwards. Finally, I was determined to buy Born Of No Woman for that gorgeous cover and the synopsis. It’s set in 19th century rural France it tells the story of Father Gabriel who is sent to bless the body of a woman at an asylum. Hidden under her dress he will find notebooks in which she confided the abuses she suffered and the twisted motivations behind them. I don’t think it is going to be an easy read and is quite different from the other books I’ve hauled here!! But hey, I’m all about the variety! 🤣 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #morebooksthantime #bookhaul #obsessedbybooks #greekmythsanewretelling #charlottehiggins #ifyoubelieve #kristenhannah #bornofnowoman #franckbouysse #frenchfiction #greekmythologyobsession #buddyreadswithchrissi #readmorebooks #booksimlookingforwardto https://www.instagram.com/p/ChcrXnCrsZY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=