Book recs

Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain · 2000

Boys of Tommen Series

Chloe Walsh · 2024

Blood of Hercules

Jasmine Mas · 2024

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Featuring an exclusive never-before-in-print bonus scene and full-colour endpapers <p>'This was damn fun...You won't be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this' RAVEN KENNEDY, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GILD</p> Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die... <p>Alexis Hert isn't a hero, and she certainly isn't a god. All she's ever been is a survivor.</p> <p>But the Fates disagree.</p> <p>When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she'll have to do more than merely survive.</p> <p>Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality.</p> <p>But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts.</p> <p>Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting Alexis...</p> <p>'This was damn fun. Alexis was original, full of personality, and I loved being with her on this fun (unhinged) ride. You won't be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this' RAVEN KENNEDY, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GILD</p> <p>The romantasy OBSESSSION of 2024:</p> <p>'This was addictive as hell'</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p> <p>'THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I'll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I'm OBSESSED! I need book 2 asap.</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p> <p>'Actually iconic'</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p> <p>'LOOOOOOOOOVED IT OMG I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world... EVERYTHING for a little longer... but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night 👀'</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p> <p>'Literally gonna live rent free in my brain'</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p> <p>'Perfection, favorite read this year so far'</p> <p>⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</p>

Love, Theoretically

Ali Hazelwood · 2023

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong · 2019 The most poetic novel I’ve ever read

Devotions: Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver · 2023 This feels like an quiet summer morning

Devotions is the definitive collection of beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver's best work, chosen by the author herself from work spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.