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Books I'm Looking Forward To

Before I proceed I would like to say that this is in no way a sponsored post. I merely wanted to share the books I'm most excited about. I do not get paid to write these posts or receive free books. All the below books can be purchased/ pre-ordered from all good bookshops. I personally bought a copy of all these books from Waterstones purely because they offered special signed editions for everything except the Billie Eilish book but you do get an entry to win a signed copy if you pre-order before the deadline. Check Waterstones website for more information on that.

 Girl In The Walls by A.J.Gnuse 
(Due Out 01/04/2021)

Girl in the Walls is a story of overcoming grief, of unconventional friendships and learning that we shouldn't always fear what we don't understand.

Listening Still by Anne Griffin
(29/04/2021)

From the bestselling author of When All is Said comes a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead - a talent which is both a gift and a curse. Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and revelations.

The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams 42nd Anniversary Edition illustrated by Chris Riddell
(29/4/2021)

One of my favourite books illustrated by one of my favourite illustrators. 

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.



Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish
(11/5/2021)

Legendary recording artist Billie Eilish shares an intimate inside look at her life and career—both on and off the stage—in this stunning, photo-filled book

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 
(23 September 2021)

The Following Thursday.

Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life.

As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?

But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can The Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?

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