The Overflowing Library

Don’t trust this book. Don’t trust this story. Don’t trust yourself. David and Adele seem like the ideal pair. He's a successful psychiatrist, she is his picture-perfect wife who adores him. But why is he so controlling? And why is she keeping things hidden? As Louise, David's new secretary, is drawn into their world, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong. But Louise can't guess how wrong – and how far someone might go to protect their marriage's secrets. I can't review this book and do it justice without spoiling it so just a few words from me today. This book is intense and had me on edge the entire time I was reading it. There's so many times throughout it where you find yourself questioning the characters and their actions and motives. It's a compulsive page turner and did not at all end how I expected. Highly recommended.

The action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf. There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it. For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly. Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against the New Order, and there is no alternative but to see their mission through to the end, whatever the cost. But dark secrets reveal dark truths, and one question hangs over them all: how far can you go for the ones you love? This gripping, thought-provoking sequel to Wolf by Wolf will grab readers by the throat with its cinematic writing, fast-paced action, and relentless twists. I really enjoyed the previous book in the series but I must admit ...

Jandy Nelson meets Friday Night Lights: a sweeping story about love and family from an exceptional new voice in YA. With a grandmother from China and another from Ghana, fifteen-year-old Wing Jones is often caught between worlds. But when tragedy strikes, Wing discovers a talent for running she never knew she had. Wing's speed could bring her family everything it needs. It could also stop Wing getting the one thing she wants. I've been eagerly awaiting this book for a long while I am a pleased to say it was an awesome read. I loved the character of Wing. She is dealing with a whole host of rubbish things that have been thrown her way and trying to become her own person whilst doing that. I loved the sporting element to this book especially seeing the impact it had on Wing as a character and how it helped her grow into the person she wanted to be rather than the one she was before. I love that she did that for herself rather than relying on others. I enjoyed how d...

Wing Jones is the much anticipated debut novel from Katherine Webber, publishing 5 th January 2017 in the UK. With a grandmother from China and another from Ghana, fifteen-year-old Wing is often caught between worlds. But when tragedy strikes, Wing discovers a talent for running she never knew she had. Wing's speed could bring her family everything it needs. It could also stop Wing getting the one thing she wants…  Katherine Webber was born in Southern California but has lived in Atlanta, Hawaii, Hong Kong and now in London. For several years she worked at the reading charity BookTrust, where she worked on projects such as The Letterbox Club which delivers parcels of books to children in care, and YALC, the Young Adult Literature Convention. You can find her on Twitter @kwebberwrites   Throughout January, over 40 bloggers will be participating in the #WJphototour – a photo blog tour documenting Katherine’s path to publishing her debut novel. Fr...

Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day, and has since the age of ten, when the tumor that was removed from Flora's brain took with it her ability to make new memories. That is, until she kisses Drake, her best friend's boyfriend, the night before he leaves town. Miraculously, this one memory breaks through Flora's fractured mind, and sticks. Flora is convinced that Drake is responsible for restoring her memory and making her whole again. So when an encouraging email from Drake suggests she meet him on the other side of the world, Flora knows with certainty that this is the first step toward reclaiming her life. With little more than the words "be brave" inked into her skin, and written reminders of who she is and why her memory is so limited, Flora sets off on an impossible journey to Svalbard, Norway, the land of the midnight sun, determined to find Drake. But from the moment she ar...

Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can't hear, but he can listen. Their love isn't a lightning strike, it's the rumbling roll of thunder. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He's deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she's assigned to look after him. To Rhys, it doesn't matter that Steffi doesn't talk, and as they find ways to communicate, Steffi finds that she does have a voice, and that she's falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it. From the bestselling author of Beautiful Broken Things comes a love story about the times when a whisper is as good as a shout. A Quiet Kind of Thunder  was one of my favourite reads of 2016. I was lucky enough to get an early copy which I devoured back in October. It is a perfect example of ever...

I am a huge x-files fan having devoured and adored the tv series multiple times. Just before Christmas I was very excited to be offered for review the books that cover the teen years of Mulder and Scully. Synopsis How did Fox Mulder become a believer? How did Dana Scully become a skeptic? The X-Files Origins has the answers. The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos explores the teen years of Fox Mulder, the beloved character depicted in the cult-favorite TV show The X-Files. His story is set in the spring of 1979, when serial murder, the occult, and government conspiracy were highlighted in the news. The book will follow Mulder as he experiences life-changing events that set him on the path to becoming an FBI agent.   The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate will explore the teen years of Dana Scully, the beloved character depicted in the cult-favorite TV show The X-Files. Her story is set in the spring of 1979, when serial murder, the occult, and government conspiracy were highl...

Sound track to The White Tower  Photo Credit: Beth Evans I’d like to say that when I am writing, I listened to Faure, or maybe a bit of Saint-Saens… But the truth is that I don’t listen to Classical music at all. I find it too distracting. I have to have headphone on and a playlist to get through before I start to write, but what I’m listening to is really ‘noise’ to block out the concept of any world other than the one I am writing about. Oddly, this has led to quite a weird selection of dance music or… and this was a surprise to me… K-pop. But anything is good which gets you out of your own thoughts and into some new place. 1           Stigma, BTS It’s probably shameful to be quite so old and listen to quite so much K-pop, but I think if you grew up listening to Duran Duran, K-pop isn’t quite so much of a stretch. I feel slightly guilty not picking a track by SHINee, because those boys are K-pop majesty (Taemin i...

I love the start of the new year and the prospect of the brand new books which are going to be available in the coming months. These are some of the books I can't wait to read this coming year. The Pant's Project by Cat Clarke "My name is Liv (Not Olivia)... I'm not technically a girl. I'm Transgender. Which is a bit like being a transformer. Only not quite as cool as cool because I probably won't get to save the world one day." A Transformer is a robot in disguise. Liv is a boy in disguise. It's that simple. Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy, but with his new school's terrible dress code, he can't even wear pants. Only skirts. Operation: Pants Project begins! The only way for Live to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn't just a mission to change the policy- it's a mission to change his life. And that's a pretty big deal I love Cat's books and I am very interested to read th...