Gabbie's bookish thoughts

I was absolutely ecstatic when the publisher asked me if I would like to be part of the blog tour to celebrate the release of the paperback version of the book into the world. The official release date for it is Thursday, March 9th. (and the price of it is  £8.99) Now,on to my thoughts of it, seen through the filter of a year having passed since I read the book when it was initially released, yet with the original excitement,since this book causes me many feelings. G oodreads :  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187690-strange-the-dreamer R ating : ✯✯✯✯✯/ ✯✯✯✯✯ P lot :  The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the

R ating:     5/5 G oodreads:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35958295-almost-love?ac=1&from_search=true F ollow Louise for more quality content:   https://twitter.com/oneilllo P lot : We have our young protagonist,Sarah,an aspiring artist and current art teacher and an elite Dublin school.Our Sarah,bless her heart,tries her best but never quite seems to be able to land on her feet when she falls. In spite of herself, Sarah finds herself infatuated with Matthew,the father of one of her students, a rich man twenty hears her senior, emotionally unavailable and all around terrible for her. This relationship of sorts affects all aspects of Sarah's life and it doesn't quite go the way she had originally hoped it would. (the novel also explores the power dynamics between people in relationships finding themselves in different socio-economical circles as well as the whole subplot of the artist trying to make it) T houghts: