Years Of Reading Selfishly Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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I’m Clare, book blogger and full time carer. @youngwriteryear Shadow Judge 2019 @CWIPprize Shadow Judge 2020. Trying to get carers and #YearsOfCaring heard.

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
Celeste Ng
Thank you so much to @hayleycamis and @niamh_anderson for this beautiful surprise that arrived this morning! This is #OurMissingHearts by @pronounced_ing which is coming out from @LittleBrownUK on October 4th. I absolutely love Celeste’s writing, so am honoured to have a copy! https://t.co/hRvQb5Wr31
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bright Burning Things
Lisa Harding
My review of the brilliant #BrightBurningThings by @LisaSHarding from @BloomsburyBooks is now up on my blog. Find out why I loved Sonya and her battle to keep her son against all odds. Thank you @LauraNMeyer for my gifted copy. https://yearsofreadingselfishly.blog/2021/04/13/bright-burning-things-by-lisa-harding/ https://t.co/yzwQdOcrRz
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Disturbance
Jenna Clake
Thank you very much to @_frankiebanks for my proof copy of #Disturbance by @jennaclake from @TrapezeBooks It’s out in June, I know it’s had lots of praise already, and I can’t wait to read it. https://t.co/3uWn9D0fsq
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Well, I’ve been totally Zotted! I’ve finished #LessonsInChemistry by @BonnieGarmus from @DoubledayUK and it’s just magnificent. I absolutely loved it, and you will be hearing a lot more about it from me very soon. Thank you so much to @alisonbarrow for my gifted proof copy. https://t.co/Fz9ghaKtkX
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka
Thank you so much to @alexxlayt for all your help and for very kindly sending me a beautiful finished copy of #NotesOnAnExecution by @danyakukafka from @Phoenix_Bks I know so many people love this book, and I am really grateful for my copy. https://t.co/d3hVyLQmHJ
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Party: A Mystery
Jamaica Kincaid
I’m guessing you all know what a brilliant writer #JamaicaKincaid is and I am late to the party as always? #Lucy is my first Jamaica Kincaid novel - which is part of the fabulous @picadorbooks collection, but it won’t be my last. Thank you @bookbreakuk for my gifted copy. https://t.co/dWRoSt11Tl
Hardcover, 2019
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The People Before: The geology, paleoecology and archaeology of Adak Island, Alaska
Dixie West
Does anyone else pick out their weekend reads on a Friday or is it just me? Here’s mine: 📚#TheyreGoingToLoveYou by @MegHowrey from @BloomsburyBooks 📚#TheTruthAboutHer by @JacquelineMaley from @BoroughPress 📚I am loving #ThePeopleBefore by @charnorth from @HarperCollinsUK https://t.co/MovmdbDQYp
Paperback, 2012
$108.00$83.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
History. a Mess.
Sigrún Pálsdottír
Thank you very much to @stellasabin and @PeirenePress for this beautiful copy of #HistoryAMess by @sigrunpals96 and translated by Lytton Smith. It’s a novel about a young PhD student who believes she has made an astonishing discovery- until she realises she has made a mistake. https://t.co/fEgsSQlvxS
Paperback, 2019
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Tidy Ending
Joanna Cannon
Happy Publication Day to @JoannaCannon for the brilliant #ATidyEnding from @BoroughPress If you want to know why I loved it, head over to my blog post to find out. Thank you so much @bisscakes for my gifted proof copy. https://yearsofreadingselfishly.blog/2022/04/28/a-tidy-ending-by-joanna-cannon/
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister
@niamh_etc Hello Niamh, how about; I’m Sorry You Feel that Way by Rebecca Wait, Reputation by Sarah Vaughan, At the Table by Claire Powell, The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn, Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe xx
Hardcover, 2022
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book