Welcome back to Book Break!
Today I am doing our November book haul
so I've got a very exciting box of books here
that I'm going to go through.
These are just a selection of some of the books that have come into our office this
month.
So...
First book in here is
The True Queen by Zen Cho
So I haven't read this one or the first book The Sorcerer to the Crown
but I've heard so much amazing things about these.
So these are fantasy novels, but really a diverse world
which is really great for fantasy.
So this is kind of alternative history set in Regency London
and the two books can be read separately
you don't have to start from the beginning
and I've just heard amazing things from everyone in the office who's read these.
Plus it's so shiny!
Then we have a new David Baldacci.
David Baldacci of course is absolutely huge
and this is his new series.
This is the second book in that series about special agent Atlee Pine.
All we know about her is that she was a twin,
and that when she was much younger her twin was kidnapped
from the room they were both sharing.
So that's what haunts her from her past
and in this case, she comes across the man
that she thinks might know what really happened to her sister.
Ooh, this one I'm really excited to read
This is Why Are We Yelling by Buster Benson.
I've just recommended this one in our gift guide video
which will come out in a few weeks.
So this is the art of productive disagreement.
Basically it's all about how to have better arguments
without it all just exploding.
So that sounds really really useful for everyone, all kinds of people.
I put this one in the gift guide because I thought it would be such a good book to have
over Christmas
whether it's to help you argue better with your annoying relatives
or for those people that you meet at parties,
just how to better handle those situations that we have all been in.
The next book I can see in here has been a big one in the office,
this is Eddie Jones's autobiography.
He actually came into the office the other day
and everyone was just going wild
trying to get him to sign copies of the books,
sign their shirts,
it was just absolutely amazing, so exciting.
Next one I can see in here is a thriller,
this is Your Truth or Mine,
I read this one back when the hardback came out,
it's absolutely brilliant.
So it's set between England and India
and it's about this married couple and all of the lies that they are hiding from each
other.
It's got so many twists and turns,
we were actually just talking about this the other day in the office,
about what happens at the end,
and how none of us who had read it ever saw it coming.
Next we have The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman,
so this is the sixth book in The Invisible Library series.
I have read 1-5,
I haven't yet read this one,
I'm so excited, it looks brilliant, and another really fun shiny one.
So this series is about
this alternative reality where there are multiple parallel universes
and our main character Irene is a Librarian,
which means that she works for this magical library that connects all the different universes.
So each book in the series takes place in a different time period and in a different
country
a different city around the world.
So the fifth book was set in Paris, and we actually made a video all about it when we
went to Paris
and went to visit some of the most iconic libraries.
So I will link to that in the description box, do go check it out.
This one is set between the Caribbean and present-day Vienna,
so we've got multiple fun locations in here.
It doesn't say anything about being under the sea, but it does have an octopus on the
front cover.
This one I've been so excited to see!
This is I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown from Queer Eye!
So this is a childrens book created by him and his child Jason
and it's just got this gorgeous message all about learning to love yourself exactly as
you are
and the parent child relationship that builds that.
And it's got all these lovely pictures throughout it of the two of them spending time together
so this is just a really delightful book.
Next we have Sun Signs by Linda Goodman.
I did a video all about pairing every star sign with their perfect book
so I talked about this book in there,
I will go and link that video in the description box below.
This was the original astrology Bible from the 60s
and it was actually the first ever book about astrology to become a New York Times bestseller
so that's a pretty big deal
and now we've got these lovely new editions and I just think they're really gorgeous.
Now for historical fiction fans,
I have Emperor Nero: The Splendour Before the Dark by Margaret George.
So Margaret George is just huge in the world of historical fiction,
she is most known for writing these epic fictional biographies.
Her book on Cleopatra was made into a mini series,
and they all have just so much research put into them.
So this is her second and final book about Emperor Nero
set in Ancient Rome about one of Rome's most scandalous emperors.
I don't know anything about this one
but it looks so cool, I love this cover.
So this is King Zeno by Nathaniel Rich.
And this is set in New Orleans in 1918
and it says when there's an axe murderer on the loose
so it seems like it's going to be about the true story of the Axe Man of New Orleans
who basically broke up into people's homes and murdered them with their own axes
but one night said that if they were playing jazz that night that they wouldn't be murdered.
So that's this really weird bizarre true story and it seems like that's going to be connected
to this book.
So it's a really cool setting for a book,
this is the New Orleans of Louis Armstrong and the Mafia
and it sounds really exciting!
This next one, so this is The Earthquake Bird by Susannah Jones.
This is the new cover because this book is coming to Netflix,
it's got Alicia Vikander starring in the main role,
I really really want to read this one and then watch it.
So the main part that's going to be played by Alicia Vikander is an English girl called
Lucy
who is living and working in Tokyo
and then becomes the chief suspect in a murder investigation.
And while she's being interrogated by the police,
we go back and discover all of these secrets from her past.
And then the last one in here is looking really Christmassy
which is perfect because I'm getting so excited.
This is A Midwinter Promise by Lulu Taylor.
So Lulu Taylor is the queen of family mysteries set in strange houses
and never to disappoint we have this amazing looking house on the front cover here in the
snow.
So there are two timelines in here.
In the past, there is a woman named Julia growing up in this beloved family home in
Cornwall,
but decides to leave and start her own new life in London.
And then in the present day,
we meet Julia's adult children after Julia has died.
And they wanted to inherit this house that their mother loved so much but it has been
mysteriously stolen from them.
Their father is now dying, and so if they're going to find out the secret of what happened
to their mother and this house,
time is running out...
So that was our November book haul,
do leave a comment below letting me know what books you have hauled this month
or what you're most excited from this selection to read.
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