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BOOK OF THE MONTH: August 2018



Fiction addicts get in here!

Hellooo its AUGUST and I have a confession to make. You see, I’ve been  putting the books on out here from month to month but I only just caught up with the books of the month this July. What I mean is that I post of the books of the month but I don’t actually read the book of the month. I actually read the books of the last month.  Can you imagine that? Well that’s what happens when life gets in the way of my reading.  I had to read three books from previous posts this July just to catch up. I pushed myself hard.

Now that my confession is out of the way, I feel relieved. I trust we were pleased with An American Marriage and The Girl on the Train. I get the feeling that An American Marriage will be made into a TV series or movie. It was a very nice read with so many likeable quotes.

This month we will read, The Woman in the Window and Little Fires Everywhere

The Woman in the Window by A.J Finn: Anna Fox lives alone – a recluse in her New York city home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times… and spying on her neighbours.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night sees something she shouldn’t her world begins to crumble – and its shocking secrets are laid bare.
What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one – and nothing – is what it seems.

You can download a copy of The Woman in the Window here


Little Fires Everywhere  by Celeste Ng
In Shaaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything – is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.
Enter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother – who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a  mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town – and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia’s past and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past . But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

You can download a copy of Little Fires Everywhere  here

Much Love,

FictionAddict.

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