Extracts
Extract: Atomic Habits by James Clear
23 August 2023
In Atomic Habits, author and world-renowned habits expert James Clear conveys how big change starts with small everyday shifts. In this extract from the book, he writes about how any new habit can start with a simple two-minute action.
How to Stop Procrastinating
“Even when you know you should start small, it...
Extract: The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
18 August 2023
The whispers started long before the accident on Harlow Lane . . . There was the party, where Whitney screamed at her ten-year-old, Xavier. Afterwards, the silence was deafening.
He lifts two fingers to his nose and smells the child’s mother as his eyes grow wide in the dark of his kitchen. The clock on the oven reads 11:...
Extract: The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
18 August 2023
When we all know we're going to die, how do we make sure we truly live? Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live. It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City. Or it might be because she has a regret of her own - one she can't bring herself to let go of. But then...
Extract: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
18 August 2023
The new unputdownable thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestselling author. Secrets start to unravel in a family-friendly neighbourhood when a local girl goes missing.
Chapter One
They don’t speak as William walks her to her car parked behind the motel; they never leave their cars...
Extract: The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
17 August 2023
As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her - tiny glowing lights on their faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker in her village. As she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father, Francis, set up...
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