Thursday 6 October 2011

Book Haul!

Today I ventured out to town with a friend of mine, and thought I'd see if I could find something in Smiths that I'd enjoy, especially as I had a '£5 off any book over £10' voucher to spend! In typical me style however, I ended up spending my voucher AND purchasing two other paperbacks out of the 'buy 1 get 1 for £1' section..


Smith's Description:
An elite public school. An outsider. Rumours of a haunting Fleeing expulsion and the death of a close friend, Andrew Taylor is sent by his father to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place, a rambling ancient building filled with the sons of the rich and famous. Shortly after he arrives, the other pupils notice Andrew's striking resemblance to Lord Byron, a former pupil of Harrow, and Andrew is persuaded to play Byron in the forthcoming school play. This is where his troubles begin. Before long Andrew senses a malevolent presence. His fellow Harrovians joke about 'The Lot Ghost' but when a classmate dies, the haunting becomes all too real. Soon another classmate falls ill and Andrew discovers old letters hidden in a bricked-up basement. Aided by his housemaster Piers Fawkes - a once famous poet turned alcoholic - Andrew realises he must discover the secret history behind the letters to prevent further deaths

It's a ghost story so I'm assuming it'll be a suspense filled narrative! I havn't read a ghost story novel in a long time and thought this would make a nice change for me!


Smith's Description:
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother - her cheerful, can-do mother - tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous. Anything can be revealed at any meal. Rose's gift forces her to confront the secret knowledge all families keep hidden - truths about her mother's life outside the home, her father's strange detachment and her brother's clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up, she realises there are some secrets that even her taste buds cannot discern. "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" is a luminous tale about the heartbreak of loving those whom you know too much about. It is profound and funny, wise and sad, and Aimee Bender's dazzling prose illuminates the strangeness of everyday life.

I am really eager to get into this novel, now I finally have my hands on a copy. If you're interested in this book hop over to my friend Gemma's blog and take a look as she also has a post on it.. Passion for Novels.


Smith's Description:
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...

I find novels of this sort particularly fascinating, class structures and the issue of racial prejudice are things that I find interesting to read about and feel particularly passionate about myself so this is definately going to make its way off my shelf and into my hands ASAP.

Abi.. x

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for following, gorgeous :)
    I followed you back!
    Vicky xxx

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  2. Hii

    Your blog is looking great!!! I was doing a contest for Lemon cake!! You could've won it ! loool

    Gemma
    http://passionfornovels.blogspot.com/

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