![]() ![]() You can preorder it now from MinaLima’s website, Amazon, and many other retailers. Keen-eyed wizards & witches will notice the Bloomsbury logo: the goddess Diana on the spine.□ĭon’t forget owls fly worldwide!□ /Jz6zkdwdTAĪlongside the cover reveal, MinaLima also announced the release date of this illustrated book. With a bright-green background and elaborate gold detailing, the book is sure to catch the eye of wizards and Muggles alike.Īnd, here is the front cover and spine of the UK edition of #MinaLima-illustrated #HarryPotter and The #ChamberofSecrets!□⚡️ The cover’s main image shows a famous scene from the book: Harry and Ron’s legendary journey to Hogwarts. Whether it’s the spiders that crawl across the cover, an appearance by Ron’s broken wand, or a mandrake plant, every Potter fan will see a new reference with each glance. The intricate cover is brimming with details from the book. ![]() More details of this book have finally been revealed, including an exact release date and the cover design. Barely two weeks went by before an announcement was made: The sequel would be released this fall. After the release of the spellbinding illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone last October, fans were eagerly awaiting news on the second installment. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Seeing a new future, Julius becomes torn between the loyalty he feels towards his sister and his desire for independence, while Jeanie struggles to find work and a home for them both. The cottage they love, and the security it offered, is taken back by their landlord, exposing the twins to harsh truths and even harsher realities. To an outsider, it looks like poverty to them, it is home.īut when Dot dies unexpectedly, the world they’ve so carefully created begins to fall apart. Inside its walls, they make music, and in its garden, they grow everything they need to survive. The cottage they have shared their entire lives is their only protection against the modernizing world around them. "Full of dramatic twists and turns right up until its moving, beautiful end." -NPR BooksĪt fifty-one years old, twins Jeanie and Julius still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation in the English countryside. Named a Best Book of the Month by Entertainment Weekly, PopSugar, Bustle, Chicago Review of Books, PureWow, a Best Book of Summer by Daily Beast and one of Good Housekeeping's Best Books of 2021 Finalist for the Women's Prize in Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() Devastated by Sam’s betrayal and the drama that subsequently unfolds, Tate is unable to trust men. However, their romantic plans are ruined when Sam abruptly leaves London without a goodbye. As Tate and Sam’s time together nears an end, they tacitly agree to continue their relationship at a distance. Tate Jones is actually Tate Butler, the estranged daughter of famous Hollywood actor Ian Butler. Tate’s affinity for Sam prompts her to reveal to him a family secret – her true identity. The besotted young adults quickly become inseparable, spending tender moments together in the garden of their hotel. While visiting London to celebrate her eighteenth birthday, California girl Tate Jones meets and falls hard for Vermonter Sam Brandis. ![]() This ‘meh’ contemporary second-chance romance is entertaining, but unmemorable. So, revisiting and critiquing Christina Lauren’s Twice in a Blue Moon has been a challenge. It is much easier, and infinitely more enjoyable, to write a review of a book that I either love or hate. ![]() ![]() The final plot twist, moreover, while unpredictable, seems more logical than shocking. ![]() Will Vicary be able to stop her? Silva's characters are strong but, despite occasional bursts of high suspense and a body count to remember, his overall pacing is uneven, and most readers won't forget that D-Day succeeded. Her assignment is to become romantically involved with Peter Jordan, an American engineer working on a top-secret D-Day project. One of these operatives is Catherine Blake, a ruthless assassin and spy. ![]() Now they pose a serious threat to the invasion plans. MI5 learns, however, that the Abwehr has been keeping a few sleeper operatives under deep cover throughout the war. The intelligence reports he fabricates and sends to Germany are designed to persuade the Nazis that their utterly compromised spy network, the Abwehr, is still fully operational. Alfred Vicary is an academic recruited to work for MI5. ![]() While Silva employs multiple characters and settings, his key players are an English counterintelligence officer and a beautiful Nazi spy. Will Nazi spies escape from Britain with Allied plans for the imminent invasion of Normandy? As history tells us, obviously not-so the challenge for veteran journalist and CNN producer Silva in his first novel is to brew up enough intrigue and tension to make readers forget the obvious. ![]() ![]() ![]() Elfrieda grows up to become a talented concert pianist, hugely successful with a darling husband and caring people around her. And it is also the story is of two sisters – Yolanda and Elfrieda (the book is narrated by Yolanda) who grew up in a Mennonite Community in Canada.Įlf was wild and rebellious in her youth, and her piano playing was certainly not encouraged by the Mennonite elders. It’s autobiographical to a certain extent, as Toews’ father committed suicide when she was young, followed by her sister 10 years later. My first impression was that title is a little odd, but don’t let that put you off this book it is in fact a quote from Coleridge’s poem To a Friend, with an Unfinished Poem.Ī poignant tragi-comedy (if there is such a thing) this is a sad story that makes you laugh at the same time. ![]() ![]() Miriam Toews has written 6 other novels, although this is the first that I have read. ![]() |