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The Electrical Venus
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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Can this shocking new feeling be love, or is it electrickery? In a lowly side-show fair in eighteenth-century England, teenager Mim is struggling to find her worth as an act. Not white, but not black enough to be truly exotic, her pet parrot who speaks four languages is a bigger draw than her. But Alex, the one-armed boxer boy, sees her differently. And she, too, feels newly interested in him. But then Dr Fox arrives with his scientific kit for producing 'electrickery' - feats of electrical magic these bawdy audiences have never seen before. To complete his act, Fox chooses Mim to play the 'Electrical Venus'. Her popularity - and the electric-shocking kisses she can provide for a penny - mean takings are up, slop is off the menu and this spark between her and Fox must surely be love. But is this starring role her true worth, or is love worth more than a penny for an electrifying kiss? An intoxicating and atmospheric coming of age story set in the filth and thrill of a travelling show during the height of the Georgian Enlightenment. The next thing to read for fans of THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK by Imogen Hermes Gowar
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RealLifeReading
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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Reading on the MRT is never easy. The seats are narrow and I have wide shoulders and I feel the need to compress myself a bit next to these strangers. Almost everyone, young and old, are on their phones. The 20-something guy next to me was watching Big Bang Theory, the 20-something girl next to me had some Korean TV show on her phone. No one is reading or at least I can‘t see anyone with a book, as I pull out mine

Lindy Show them how it‘s done. 📖 🚞 5y
BethM Good for you! That cover is lovely! 5y
RealLifeReading @Lindy 🙌🙌 yeah! 5y
RealLifeReading @BethM it attracted me enough to pick it up! 5y
Jeg I noticed on my last plane trip I was the only one in my view with a book. 5y
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laurieluna
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Pickpick

That was fun! Wonderful characters and a great story. I just wish the characters had more of a back story as they were all so interesting. #readersfirst

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laurieluna
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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Both boys are asleep. I'm so behind on my reading having been in agony with joint pain, headaches and loss of appetite the past couple of days. Not sure what happened but on the mend. 🙌
Time to make some happy hormones by completing at least 2 of these before the month is out. I shall post questions for the #cobabbuddyread tomorrow everyone, I PROMISE.
#ookbookclub #catcherinthereadalong #readersfirst

Sophoclessweetheart How are you finding The Light Fantastic and The Electrical Venus? 😍😊 6y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords The Light Fantastic is funny as always, and The Electrical Venus has been as easy, entertaining read. I really like the layout but I would have liked more back story for the characters maybe? X 6y
Sophoclessweetheart It‘s a great one, isn‘t it? 😹 It made me fall in love with Rincewind. Lol. Yes! I‘d have liked to know more about the characters but I couldn‘t help but adore the book! It‘s hit my favourites list! I still think bout it x 6y
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jfalkens Hope you continue to feel better xXxX 6y
laurieluna @Wanderingwithwords they're such interesting characters. Would have been great to find out more about how they all came together, and maybe some longer 'flashbacks' to Hildy. She sounds interesting. Xx 6y
laurieluna @jfalkens thank you! ❤ x 6y
ElishaLovesBooks Oh no! Feel better!! Happy book finishing!!😊 6y
Balibee146 Hope you feel back to 100% soon 😘😘 6y
Jas16 Glad you are starting to feel better 6y
Nikki15 Hope you‘re back to your best soon ❤️ 6y
JessClark78 Hope you feel better soon. 🌸 6y
tonyahoswalt I'm sorry you're not doing well. I hope you feel better soon. 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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5000/5 stars. All the damn stars! A universe! I‘ve done a poor amount of reading today, a mere 4hours 1min and 46seconds Of #25inFive but in that time I finished a full 200+ page book that has made me cry, laugh and love. It is beyond words. A new favourite! I can‘t even process this right now so my review is still to come. #arc #bookblogger #booklover #historicalfiction #bookaddict #bookish #bibliophile #hotkeybooks

Andrew65 I need to get hold of this book. 😊 Well done on a great start. 👍 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Andrew65 Thank you Andrew. It‘s an amazing book with some memorable and interesting characters. 6y
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Clwojick I guess this couldn‘t be another other than STACKED! 😂 6y
Cathythoughts “ a universe” of stars ⭐️... I love this review ❤️👍🏻I‘m off to investigate this one 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Clwojick 😹😹💛💛 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Cathythoughts Thank you dear. It‘s so beautiful 😍 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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Beginning #25infive with The Electrical Venus by Julie Mayhew, out in the sunshine whilst the little ones play cars and splashing in puddles. This one is shorter than I thought at 268 pages so let‘s see how long it takes to finish. The Electrical Venus is out April 19th 2018 and published by Hot Key Books. I got this copy via Readers First but am ironically a reviewer for HKB too! 😅 #hotkeybooks #bookblogger #booklover #bookish #arc #newrelease

rubyslippersreads Great cover! 6y
Andrew65 Good luck, that looks an interesting book. I too like the cover. 😊 (edited) 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @rubyslippersreads Isn‘t it! 😍💛 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Andrew65 Thank you Andrew. It‘s set in Georgian England so I am quite excited! 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart
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And secondly, today‘s impromptu book haul. Qa for one and the other I won on Readers First on Tuesday. I‘m still waiting for last weeks win which is concerning but we shall see! I have a lot of missing mail right now. I‘m excited about these two and considering using them for #25infive ?? #bookhaul #booklover #bookblogger #bibliophile #bookish

Andrew65 Welcome aboard. 😊 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Andrew65 Thank you so much 6y
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laurieluna
The Electrical Venus | Julie Mayhew
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Some great books up for preview and coming up on #readersfirst for UK littens! A quick 200 character review enters you into a draw to win the book! They do ask you to review it before it's due for publication, if possible. This is where I got my current read, To Kill A Kingdom from! 😊

laurieluna @Birdsong28 I still need to read Lost For words by the same author that I received when I first signed up 🙈 but this one does look good! 6y
Birdsong28 @miralunasbooknook So do I!! It's part of my #mounttbrchallenge so if I can get her next book for free then I will!!! 📚📖 6y
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