WWW Wednesday - 18th August 2021
Continuing the meme hosted by Taking on a world of words with this weeks selection of books.
You are welcome to join along with this post. The premise being you answer the three following questions.....
What are you currently reading?
What did you finish reading recently?
What do you think you will read next?
Current read
𝒰𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒢𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝓍 𝒮𝑒𝓉: 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒 𝒢𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝒸 𝑀𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒟𝓊𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎 𝒷𝓎 𝒜.𝒩 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓈
Includes both books of the bestselling Byrne House duology: Under Glass and Stone and Doors of Gold and Rust.
Two disappearances, over a century apart...The truth waits inside Byrne House.
For five generations, Evelyn's family has lived in the same small brick house, shadowed by the mansion across the street. Her Nana filled her childhood with stories about Byrne House: tales of missing children, of lovers gone mad. The mansion loomed every night in her dreams. Even now, at seventeen, Evelyn watches the sprawling Victorian from her second-floor bedroom, unable to explain her obsession with a house she's never been inside.
Then one of the boys in Evelyn's senior class disappears. Evelyn is the last person to see him--just a pale face in Byrne House's tower window.
The police don't believe her. Even her friends think she just imagined the face in the window. Only Alex--a handsome newcomer with his own ties to Byrne House--shares her suspicions. Alex believes that this latest disappearance is tied to the mansion's long-buried past. But there's more that Alex isn't telling her. Evelyn has no idea how far she'll have to go to find the answers. Or what she'll have to remember.
I am really enjoying this one at the moment! It will take mea little longer to complete than usual as it is two books rather than one but I am completely hooked at the moment. It is extremely eerie! I was given a copy of this book by Booksirens.
Last read
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Ossett, West Yorkshire. March, 1987.
A town of flower shows, Maypole parades and Sunday football games. But behind all the closed doors and drawn curtains are hidden truths and shameful lies.
Discovering the body of a young girl dumped into a phone box at a local beauty spot, WDC Louise Miller’s first case as detective in her hometown is made harder by the sexism and misogyny of small-town policing. But her four years on the force in Manchester have prepared her for this and along with ally WPC Elizabeth Hines, the pair work the case together.
As their inquiries uncover the town’s hidden secrets, psychologist Karla Hayes offers insights into the troubled psychological problems of the victim, revealing dark truths that could lead to the identity of the killer.
But when a second girl goes missing, Louise realises that some secrets should stay hidden.
Including hers.
RELEASE DATE 10th SEPTEMBER 2021
Oh my goodness!!! Just WOW. This one was absolutely amazing and I highly recommend you read it IMMEDIATELY!! Read my review here.
Ꭺᥒꪮthꫀɾ Ꮮเƒꫀ ᖯᥡ Oᥕꫀᥒ Ꮃ Ꮶᥒเght
Imagine... if we could combine dreams and reality in a world where we live forever. Oliver believes his life to be one of disappointment and failure. Haunted by the memory of a mysterious woman he encountered thirty years ago, and obsessed with finding her, he embarks on a strange journey of grief, hope, myths and legends where dreams and truth merge.
This was such an interesting tale which weaved present day life with pagan tradition, folklore and religion. It covered themes like hope, grief, loss and despair. You can read my full review here.
Next to read
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝐼𝓃𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓎 𝒦𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓌𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝐻𝒶𝓇𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book of Year 2017
Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella Riosse dreams of the faraway lands her father once mapped.
When her closest friend disappears into the island’s Forgotten Territories, she volunteers to guide the search. As a cartographer’s daughter, she’s equipped with elaborate ink maps and knowledge of the stars, and is eager to navigate the island’s forgotten heart.
But the world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland – and beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a legendary fire demon is stirring from its sleep. Soon, following her map, her heart and an ancient myth, Isabella discovers the true end of her journey: to save the island itself.
This is one of my recent library books and I have been wanting to read it for a while. I shall look forward to reading and reviewing it.