#ShowUsYourShelfies! Weekend Reads And Recommendations

It’s the weekend, hopefully you have some time off to kick back and read…but what’s on your weekend shelf? You do? Let me know in the comments what you are up to and what you are reading, let’s share some recommendations!

‘What’s on mine?’ I hear you ask!

Well let’s take a look…

These are the independently published books that I will be hopefully tucking into alongside kid wrangling, school uniform list making and animal handling. Let’s not even mention adminning the other half…the glamour!

It just.Doesn’t.Even.Start!

There needs to be a few reading breaks in there or what else is a weekend for?

‘A Right Royal Face Off’ by Simon Edge

Published by Eye Books in paperback and ebook editions, this mix of 18th century portrait rivals, Gainsbrough and Sir Joshua Reynolds ,fakery and a possible historic find on one of  those antique shows that seem to be permanently on, looks like it will tick all my boxes. Satire, celebrity, secrets and history in one glorious package!

‘This Mortal Boy’ by Fiona Kidman

Published by Gallic Books, this is an award winning fictional account of one of  the last people hung in New Zealand. A moving exploration of the death penalty and the consequences of bringing it back, this looks at the nature of moral panics(this one was against teen behaviour) good versus evil and the hope of rehabilitation.Out now in paperback.

‘Wonderland’ Edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan

Published in September by Titan Books, this is an Alice In Wonderland themed anthology with a fantastical ,horrific or historical bent-where will you go down this rabbit hole and what manner of beasts will you find there? With contributers ranging from Lilith Saintcrow to Rio Youers, one thing is for sure, it’s going to be an absolute blast!

*Also, the lovely people at Eye and Lightning have given me a discount code-pop RACHELREADIT in at the checkout for 30% off books!*