pickTabbi is a privileged rich girl who is heading, under protest, to an exclusive rehab centre in Switzerland. She meets Ruby on the train there & although they don't look that much alike, there's enough of a similarity for Tabbi to hatch a plan. She decides to befriend Ruby & persuade her to swap lives for 6 weeks - Ruby gets an all expenses paid break & Tabbi gets 6 weeks of freedom, but will Ruby be gullible enough to fall for it? (continued)
so-soFiona & her sister Amy were always close but when Amy moves away for university they drift apart until Amy suddenly goes missing one day & hasn't been seen or heard of since. Several years later, Fiona rents a room in the same house where Amy had been living & pretends to be a new student all so she can find out what happened to Amy.
The house is shabby & in bad repair & her landlady acts oddly at times. (continued)
pickKing Richard III was killed on 22 August 1485 at Bosworth Field, the last English king to die in battle. His remains were thought lost after the Reformation & closing down of Greyfriars Priory. His reputation has been maligned through the centuries starting with those in the Tudor era who had a lot to gain from muddying the waters. (continued)
pickJodi Dillon has been friends with Zack Thrasher since second grade, meaning she was pulled into his friend group in high school almost by accident. Julian, Lucy, Paige, & of course Zack Thrasher, they're rich, sophisticated, & gorgeous - everything Jodi isn't. The group occasionally let an outsider in for a short while for kicks but it isn't long before they are iced out, rejected, 'thrashed'. (continued)
pickEllena Reed's life is now in tatters: her ex-husband is in prison, her home is in foreclosure, & she is awaiting confirmation that her career as an EMT is also done. At her wits end, she reluctantly agrees to accompany stepsister, Button (aka Elizabeth), on a camping trip. The night they arrive nuclear warheads hit multiple targets in the US.
Their fellow survivors are a mum & son, & a man who claims to be ex-SEAL. (continued)
Started a new book which was published yesterday. A Science Fiction book about Time Travel and the first book in the Madders of Time Series.
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This started off great with a good pace & a premise which hooks the reader from the start. I also liked that the two points of view were split in two sections of the book rather than alternating chapters. 1h
My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Penguin Random House UK Children's, for the opportunity to read an ARC. 1h
Read 12th-13th May 2025
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