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★ STAFF PICK!
Selected by Mia Y
£18.99
Staff Pick!
Mia Y Says…
“I enjoyed this book a lot! Emma Straub creates such a strong sense of place and writes characters that feel so real that it almost feels like you’re there on the cruise. I thought the meditations on aging, fame and womanhood were interesting and thought-provoking. If you like character driven fiction and you had a boyband phase in your teens, this is a perfect summer read for you!”
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Annie is on a journey straight back to her past. When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand women who have worshipped them since their youth. Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, she now feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzling t-shirts bearing the singers’ faces. Yet when the lights go down, the cocktails are poured and the band starts singing, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. As she encounters Keith, the band’s slightly depressed, fifty-something lead singer – not just a celebrity but someone clearly in need of a friend – she feels like anything is possible. But is the connection between Annie and Keith just a fantasy? Or is this the beginning of a new chapter for them both?
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★ STAFF PICK!
Selected by Mia Y
£9.99
In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilots Hank Redmond and John Griffin; mission specialist Lydia Danes; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.
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★ STAFF PICK!
Selected by Mia Y
£9.99
Staff Pick!
Mia Y Says…
A fun and perfectly executed academic rivals-to-lovers romance. This story follows Olive, a biology PhD student who people-pleases her way into fake dating a young professor. Ali Hazelwood is the best at fun, silly, spicy romances with just a sprinkle of commentary about women in STEM fields. This is my favourite of hers, check it out before the film comes out later this year!
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When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support, their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion.
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★ STAFF PICK!
Selected by Mia Y
£10.99
Staff Pick!
Mia Y Says…
“This is a top contender for my favourite book of all time. It follows a disillusioned civil servant sent to check in on a house for magical children by the sea. The people and places he discovers there end up turning his life around. Klune is a master at evoking the most beautiful, whimsical setting. This story is just so heart-warming and sweet, providing an escape and a source of inspiration for anyone stuck in the mundanity of day-to-day life.”
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Linus Baker is sent to assess a magical orphanage, filled with dangerous children. They could bring about the end of everything – or be the family he’d always wanted. A beautiful, cosy fantasy tale with a slow-burn romance at its heart.
