"The Moonlight Hotels sits on the shore of England's best-loved lake, Windermere, exuding vintage glamour. Lauren loves the hotel, for hidden inside its faded walls is the key to her most precious memories. So, along with her best friends, Cate and Emily, she signs up to a new dance class in it gorgeous ballroom. They aren't going for the men, they're going for a laugh - although a little romance wouldn't hurt... But then a chain of events off the dance floor puts their friendship to the ultimate test, and makes Lauren question everything she holds dear."
This is Jane's newest novel that was released recently (24th). I've already heard lots of great things about it and having read some of Jane's previous work, I feel that it will live up to expectation.
"Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy... And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar."
The Girl on the Train is one of those books everyone was talking about last year and I still haven't got around to reading it! It's at the very top of my list of stories to read.
"Some peope's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. A Viking would understand the work they do: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the gruelling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the fells."
This is a bit of a random one for me as this isn't the kind of book I would normally go for, but a blogger I like recommended it after she and her boyfriend both read it. I looked it up and kinda fell in love with it, so I'm looking forward to reading it!
"Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. And will she ever get over the love of her life. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. Then, one night, it does. But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions? Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe. Open it and she risks everything. But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in.."
I cannot wait to get my hands on this book. The sequel to Me Before You (review here), I have high hopes for the rest of Lou's story and I'm excited to see the rest of her journey unfold.
"In the state of Texas American football is a religion, And nowhere is more fanatical about its football than the small town of Odessa. There, every Friday night from September to November, a bunch of seventeen-year-old kids play their hearts out for the honour of their high school. In front of 20,000 people. In 1988 Bissinger spent a season in Odessa discovering just what makes a town pin its hopes on eleven boys on a football field. He lived with the students, coaches and townspeople who dedicate their lives to their team, sharing their joys and triumphs, their pains, injuries and bitter disappointments. He returned with a compassionate but hard-eyed story of a town driven by money, race and class, where a high school can spend more on medical supplies for its athletics program than on its English department."
I love the TV series Friday Night Lights and only recently discovered that it was based on this book by Bissinger. I really want to read this and find out about the real people who inspired on of my favourite stories.
There you have it - of about ninety books on my Amazon list, I've narrowed it down to the top five that I'll be buying next (hello, payday). What's at the top of your wishlist? Let me know what you're loving right now!
Thanks for reading,
Orlagh
xoxo
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