Vicky Brewster (they/them) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@mserinkelly Have you read The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber?

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@kirstylogan Some I’ve read recently: Mothered by Zoje Stage Full Immersion by Gemma Amor We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

Week four: Fantasy. Set text: The Truth by Terry Pratchett. The sheer breadth of fantasy scope. Focus on series vs. One off. Blurring of lines with sci-fi, and why the two are lumped together. Fantasy as tool of satire. Who reads fantasy and why?

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@bertsbooks I’m reading Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian for my ‘regular’ book, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James on audiobook, and Contemporary Women’s Ghost Stories by Gina Wisker for a review I’m writing

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Coming to the end of Looking Glass Sound. Where next? Mothered by Zoje Stage The Retreat by Mark Edwards The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz Begars Abbey by VL Valentine

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@jake_fluekiger Ali Smith’s How to Be Both is written from two POVs and you can get them in either order, so the ending (and indeed beginning) is different depending on which one you get - I don’t know if I’ve explained that well!

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Also got The Creeper by AM Shine and The Gifts by Liz Hyder on the kindle, which I'll probably take with me

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@LeachJuice Contemporary or classic? The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie feels quintessentially British, but if you want something up to date, anything by Janice Hallett is amazing

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2) Grave Expectations by Alice Bell - Cosy crime with added ghosts. Humorous narrative voice in 'millennial speak' (ace MC with bonus non-binary prominent secondary character) 3) Mothered by Zoje Stage - Psychological thriller with Mummy issues in a pandemic (ace MC)

Vicky Brewster (they/them)

@TalkDeathDaily How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Atonement by Ian McEwan (kind of), Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey