Welcome
to a brand new year of bookclub! After a slightly, er, hectic start to the
year, we’re back on track with our first title for 2016.
Kirkus Reviews describes Lady Helen as a
‘deep, deliberately paced journey’ through a Regency London filled with
Reclaimers and Deceivers, a supernatural reflection of what was then the polite
ton society and the seedy underworld
of the period. Lady Helen Wrexhall – led
by her guide, the mysterious Lord Carlston – finds her destiny is a lot more
unusual and deadly than she was originally led to believe…
This
is the first book in a new series, about which Kirkus says: “Goodman’s prose is
assured; her impeccable research shines through on every page … and brings to
life questions of freedom and choice for women.” All right, I’m convinced – sign me up!
For this month
only we
are having a very special bookclub event: Readings independent bookstore is
also reading Lady Helen for their
YA bookclub this month, so we thought we’d join forces and make things extra
awesome for everybody. So, lovely
#LoveOzYAbookclub members, please make welcome visitors from the Readings YA bookclub
on the title selection and discussion threads, and #LoveOzYAbookclub members
will of course be welcome to join in the Readings bookclub discussion on Wed 17February, 7pm, at Readings St Kilda, hosted by St Kilda Children’s book specialist, Isobel Moore (click the FB link to book). To make things even better, you now have two options for purchasing this month’s
title: you can order it through Boomerang Books, with the special ‘loveoz’
promotional code, to receive free shipping, or – for February only – you can
buy the book in-store at Readings for a 20% discount (just mention bookclub with your purchase at Readings).
I hope
you enjoy Lady Helen and the Dark Days
Club – stay tuned for some contact from Alison Goodman during the month,
I’ll let you know when the discussion post goes live, and happy Leap Year!
xxEllie
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