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Posted by Parastou: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Read with us! See below for a chance to win a copy of Purple Hibiscus. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of those authors that I’ve always meant to read but never actually gotten round to (my to-read list increases exponentially). With Half of A Yellow Sun hitting the silver [...]
Posted by Abi: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Shep Knacker’s life is the anti American Dream. His handyman business has become so successful he’s sold it for a million dollars, but he has the money earmarked for an escape from his life in the US to an early retirement on a tiny island in Africa – with [...]
I’ve never been the biggest fan of chick-lit; I guess I’m too much into my cars, gangster films and kung-fu to be able to truly connect to romantic, girly stories. Don’t get me wrong, I love chic-flicks and am strangely addicted to historical romance, but the modern-day stories have never really caught my eye…. …Until [...]
Posted by Robin: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary ‘All Cheeses Great and Small’ tells the story of how Alex James, the former bassist of Brit pop band Blur, made the transition from rock-star to (self-declared) bad farmer. In this memoir James muses on his love for the Cotswolds and newly discovered passion for making cheese. His previous [...]
Posted by Parastou: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary As the self-proclaimed office baker, baking-blogger and general foodie of the Never-Ending Library team – you can imagine my excitement when the Hummingbird Bakery released their newest recipe book. The Hummingbird Bakery books was the first recipe book I ever had (sad – isn’t it?) and is actually the [...]
Posted by Lawrence: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary I am not sure that Bram Stoker would be mightily impressed with the modern incarnations of his hellish monster. The vampires today seem to devote much more of their time to pouting and preening than sating their unquenchable thirst for blood and murder. Though Stoker cannot be credited with [...]
Posted by Abi: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary If you’ve had enough of Lent’s sacrifices – or if, like me, you didn’t bother with giving anything up in the first place – Pear Shaped is the perfect treat to indulge in. Sophie Klein is a pudding developer (best job ever?) and so the storyline is rather dessert-focused, [...]
Best-selling author of Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues, The Magic of Christmas, and Wedding Tiers, Trisha Ashley, doesn’t just write great romantic comedies, she is also a culinary whiz. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Trisha tells us her thoughts on the nicest presents and offers up two exclusive recipes. These recipes have been tried by Parastou and [...]
Posted by Parastou: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary This book is like a box of chocolates – full of tantalising delights that are simply too delicious to put down. Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues is the ultimate girly read and a perfect gift for Mother’s Day. Forgive me for using Forrest Gump’s famous quote but it was [...]
Posted by Charlotte: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Who doesn’t want to become an able hobbyist? Oh no – well perhaps Grow Your Own Drugs is not for you. But if it is a noble pursuit that you hear the call for, then read on. Grasp this ebook and perhaps set yourself a natural remedy a month, maybe [...]
Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” Think of beautiful long hazy days, lounging on freshly cut green grass, think of serene women in long floating gowns and well-respected men in starched white linen suits, [...]
Posted by Stevie Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary When an act of violent passion uproots Loyal Blood from his quiet farming life he must keep moving, keep driving, keep away from where it all began. Alone, furious and revolted with himself, Loyal spends his life driving away from his mistakes and constantly paying for them. The only [...]
Posted by Parastou: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary This is a story of romance and longing; of a communion of spirit that life’s unfortunate circumstances may be able to stop, but can’t bury. Johannes Vermeer has remained one of the great enigmas of 17th-century Dutch art – little is known of his personal life. The portrait of [...]
Posted by Lawrence: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Little Brother is the story of a group of teenagers living in San Francisco who, after being caught in the middle of a devastating terrorist attack on their city, are arrested and brutally interrogated by their own government. Though they are eventually released, they soon realise that the basic [...]
Posted by Bartley: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary So, the question that UK politicians cannot stop raising is on the front pages again: Europe – Should we be in or out? I’m reminded of a book I read a few years back and which was published as an ebook for the first time in Summer 2011. I [...]
Posted by Abi: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary “They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.” Twins Rahel and Estha return to live with their grandmother and great aunt following the breakdown of their parents’ marriage. A series of inconsequential-seeming decisions, [...]
Posted by Stevie: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary New Year, New You, New Juicer. That’s right folks, I’m thinking of juicing myself slim, or you know, into a healthier state of being… But why Stevie? Because dear reader, I like smoothies. And the thought of dieting through a straw adds a little extra glitz don’t you think? [...]
Posted by Parastou: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Have you ever had a love/hate relationship with a book? You could be reading a horrifically sad story, where everything goes wrong and gets worse the more you read; but there’s something that keeps you going? That’s how I felt when reading Wuthering Heights. It’s one of those classics [...]
Posted by Fliss: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary ‘Tis the season to be greedy’ … so don your festive apron and have a go at baking some treats from the Hummingbird Cake Days cookbook this Christmas. This baking bible is adorned with impossibly beautiful and mouth-watering images of various calorific delights. The chapters are conveniently divided into [...]
Posted by Charlotte: Tweet Back #neverendinglibrary Charming doesn’t quite cover it for me on this one. I first listened to Derek Jacobi reading this on ‘my first sony’, (I still have the cassette tapes) and what a magnificent actor to give voice to Tolkien’s living, breathing, letter-writing and present-giving Father Christmas. His voice shifts from wilful [...]
