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  The Plot Twist

  Eleanor Goymer

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  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The best rom-com I have read this year' 
  This love story is a work in progress… 
  When romcom author Allie Edwards crosses paths with bestselling crime novelist – aka publishing dinosaur – Martin Clark at a party, they discover they both have crippling writer’s block, overdue manuscripts and precisely zero words to show to their respective editors. 
  With deadlines looming, Allie and Martin decide to switch plots and tell each other’s stories. In the writing process, Allie not only gains a father-figure in Martin, but also meets gorgeous events caterer Will, the answer to the leading man-shaped hole in her life and her lack of spicy material. 
  Caught between love and her career, what could possibly go wrong?Readers LOVE Eleanor Goymer: 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What I adored about this book is that it didn’t follow the typical rom-com formula' 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This was adorable!!' 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The romance was so cute and I was rooting for the main characters so much!' 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The chemistry between them is electric, and I loved watching their connection grow' 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you’re looking for a book that will make you smile and swoon, this is it!' 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A lovely and fresh take on a "bookish" book' 
  In her latest romantic comedy, Allie finds herself in a whirlwind of workplace antics and unexpected friendships. Her story, filled with humorous moments and heartwarming connexions, is a testament to the power of friendship and the unpredictability of love, making it a top up-coming fiction. 
  For fans of Camilla Isley (The Roommate Experiment), Lauren Blakely (The Proposal Play), Angela Britnell (The Back of Beyond Book Club), Tarah Dewitt (Savor It), and Laura Carter (Catch a Falling Star). 
  HarperCollins 2025

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  And Even Now

  Max Beerbohm

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  "And Even Now" by Max Beerbohm offers a captivating collection of essays that delve into the social, literary, and artistic nuances of the early 20th century. Beerbohm's wit and keen observations provide a delightful exploration of personalities, events, and reflections on his contemporary world, creating a literary tapestry that resonates with humor and insight.

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  Women I'm Not Married To

  Franklin P. Adams

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  Literary cohorts and members of the famous Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker and Franklin P. Adams wrote two short books - "Men I'm Not Married To" and "Women I'm Not Married To" - to humorously contrast the experiences of both men and women meeting, dating...and then deciding NOT to marry various potential partners. Presented here is Adams' contribution: "Women I'm Not Married To," which features short descriptions in both prose and verse of these rejected mates.  Adams - a renowned wit and celebrated newspaper columnist - helped to launch Parker's career and they enjoyed a decades-long friendship.   This book is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  The Lost Language of Oysters

  Alexander McCall Smith

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  The latest installment in Alexander McCall Smith's charming and hilarious Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld series 
   
  Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is not just any German professor--he is the author of the highly-regarded work of scholarship, Portuguese Irregular Verbs. His eminence in language studies is widely respected, albeit rarely acknowledged by his colleague, Professor Detlev-Amadeus Unterholzer, the writer of a far less important book on the subjunctive. Their rivalry bubbles under the surface, but is quick to come into the open if something unusual disturbs the calm waters of the institute in Regensburg where they both work. 
   
  One such event is the arrival of two visiting scholars from New Orleans. These ladies, Professor Pom Pom Boisseau and her friend, Professor Alice Martinique, are experts in the Provençal language and avid bikers. When they choose to make a dramatic entrance atop large, noisy motorbikes, Unterholzer is shocked, but von Igelfeld is rather taken with Pom Pom. In fact, he is very taken with her. 
   
  Everyone can foresee this infatuation leading to disappointment, if not worse. But for von Igelfeld, disasters often arrive in twos and threes. Von Igelfeld may suffer humiliation after humiliation, but at the end of it all is the promise of a visit to Louisiana, where important research on communication among oysters is underway...

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  Wellmania - Extreme...

  Brigid Delaney

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  Bridget Jones meets AJ Jacobs in Wellmania, an in-depth, laugh-out-loud exploration of the best and worst of the wellness industry. 
   
   
   
  Cold-pressed juices, "clean" eating, colonic vacations, mindfulness apps, and Paleo: health-care trends and miracle diets seem to be more plentiful each year. But do any of these tactics actually work? What does "wellness" even mean? 
   
   
   
  In Wellmania, longtime journalist Brigid Delaney tackles the good, the bad, and the just-a-little-ridiculous of the wellness industry, using herself as the guinea pig. Starting with a brutal 101-day fast, she leaves behind her thirty-something-year-old lifestyle of late-night parties and all-day hangovers to test the things that are supposed to make us healthy and whole: yoga classes, meditation, CBT, Balinese healing, silent retreats, group psychotherapy, and more. Writing with self-deprecating wit and refreshing honesty, she sorts through the fads and expensive hype to find out what actually works, while asking, What does all this say about us? Is total wellness even possible? And why do you start to smell so bad when you haven't eaten in seven days? According to comedian Judith Lucy, the result is "bloody entertaining" and "leaves you wondering whether you want to do yoga or get mindlessly drunk and despair at the state of the world."

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  The Repeat Room - A Novel

  Jesse Ball

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  Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers 
   
   
   
  In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant's lived experience, to see as if through their eyes. 
   
   
   
  The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel's shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception. 
   
   
   
  Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.

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