Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday. Today for Two For Tuesday I’m featuring two of the new books I bought last week.
⭐ Chain Gang All-stars by Nana Kwame Adjei- Brenyah
⭐ The Book Of The Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
I hadn’t heard of Chain Gang All-stars until they came into the bookshop and my boss recommended it. It sounds brilliant, I love dystopian fiction and thought the premise of this sounded very intriguing. The Book Of The Most Precious Substance is a book I saw a book friend posting about and it sounded so good that I had to get myself a copy.
I actually thought I’d done well in not buying too many books and then got to work to see all my pre-orders started to come in and I’ve actually got more than these which I’ll share later this week.
What book have you bought recently? Have you read either of these?
Chain Gang All-stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
She felt their eyes, all those executioners…
Enter a world where, watched by millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars, the popular and highly controversial programme inside America’s private prison system. In packed arenas, live-streamed by millions, prisoners compete as gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
Fan favourites Loretta Thurwar and Hamara ‘Hurricane Staxxx’ Stacker are teammates and lovers. Thurwar is nearing the end of her time on the circuit, free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares for her final encounters, as protestors gather at the gates, and as the programme’s corporate owners stack the odds against her – will the price be simply too high?
The Book Of The Precious Substance by Sara Gran
Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world’s wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.
But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?
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