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ShortBookandScribes #TalesFromTheBacklist #BookReview – Few Eggs and No Oranges by Vere Hodgson

Posted on 1st May 2020 By Nicola

Welcome to what is likely to be a very occasional series of posts about either books I read pre-blog which I’d like to showcase now […]

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I'm reading this lovely book at the moment but I have to keep stopping to look up all the other lovely books that the author keeps mentioning 😄 This could seriously add to my TBR pile 😬 It is such a delightful book though.
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Thank you @cerisannebookstagram @sandstonepress for #TheSnowandtheWorksontheNorthernLine by Ruth Thomas. It sounds absolutely brilliant.

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New review: The High Moments by Sara-Ella Ozbek. Published by Simon & Schuster and out now.
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The High Moments is a fully engrossing story that reinforces the fact that the grass isn’t always greener.

Scarlett hails from a small town in Devon. She longs to escape to London, get away from her mother, and become a fashion designer. Without any plan as to what she will do when she gets there, she goes to London and she manages to get herself a job at a model agency, dealing with the bookings with a view to becoming an agent herself.

From the off I wanted Scarlett to remember that being a model agent wasn’t what she wanted to do. But I also knew that it was a starting block. I struggled at times to take to Scarlett; she’s young, she’s inexperienced, she makes terrible decisions. And yet I could see that underneath all that she was vulnerable, in a strange new world of fashionistas, drugs and parties, being led astray whilst revelling in her newfound freedom and feeling flushed with success.

In all honesty, when I started this read I wasn’t sure I was going to like it. I didn’t feel like the target audience and didn’t gel immediately with Scarlett. But as I read on I started to become absolutely caught up in her life (car crash that it seemed to be). I was also totally absorbed in the model agency world, about which the author writes from experience. I can categorically say that that world would never be for me but what a ride to follow Scarlett’s initiation into the competitive and often shallow environment.

I really enjoyed Sara-Ella Ozbek’s writing. She managed to make me feel sympathetic towards Scarlett whilst also disliking her behaviour for a fair amount of the story. Her other characters are sharp and jump off the page, and I was fully immersed in the model agency setting. This is a slice of life story about a young woman in her 20s who wants to make it but goes on a rather circuitous route to find herself. I thought it was an excellent debut from Ozbek which felt very current and very stylish.
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Thank you Monty C. Floyd for #TheAdventuresofCalypso. This looks like a gorgeous read for children and is a 'Lassie' type of story.

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Thank you @viper.books for this wonderful surprise

Thank you @viper.books for this wonderful surprise today! #TheAppeal by @janice.hallett looks and sounds fantastic and I love the format! I'm looking forward to reading it.

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Today's new arrivals.
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It's publication day for #TheSecondMarriage by @gill.paul1. I've been eagerly waiting for this one that explores the relationships between Jackie Kennedy, Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis.
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Thank you Louise @headlinebooks for #WhileParisSlept by @ruth.druart. It sounds wonderful.

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Thank you Alexia @vikingbooksuk for #JustLikeYou by Nick Hornby. It sounds fabulous.

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I'm thrilled to have a copy of #BeforeISawYou by @

I'm thrilled to have a copy of #BeforeISawYou by @emilyjaynehoughton. It caught my eye as soon as I heard about it. I think it's right up my street!

Thank you Hayley at Bantam Press.

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Thank you Jenny Platt @hodderbooks for this stunning proof of #TheLastThingToBurn by @willrdean. It looks and sounds amazing 🔥

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