Rules are made to be broken (don’t quote me on that!) so in a change to the planned schedule, welcome to #R3COMM3ND3D2018 on a Tuesday! I featured a blog tour review yesterday so I decided to move things around a little this week which means #R3COMM3ND3D2018 on a Tuesday instead of a Monday. I hope you don’t mind! They say a change is as good as a rest (and exactly the same thing will happen next week too). Today I am delighted to welcome the lovely Julie Morris to damppebbles to share her three #R3COMM3ND3D picks. Julie blogs over at the brilliant A Little Book Problem so if you haven’t discovered her wonderful blog yet then head on over and check it out!

What is #R3COMM3ND3D? It’s all about sharing the book love. I invite bookish types – authors, book bloggers and people who work in publishing – to choose three books they think the rest of us should read. They can be any genre, written by any author, traditionally, indie or self-published. The only rule is that they must have been published in the SAME year. At the moment we’re focussing on titles published last year in 2018 but from 1st November it will be all about this year’s new releases. If you’re a bookish type (book blogger, author or you work in publishing) and you would like to take part then please complete the form at the bottom of this post. But hurry, places are limited and they’re going FAST!

Here are Julie’s choices…

The Songs of Us by Emma Cooper
This is a debut novel which I find quite astounding as the writing is very accomplished and perfect balances humour and emotion. It had me laughing and crying and I really loved it.
https://alittlebookproblem.co.uk/2018/09/19/the-songs-of-us-by-emma-cooper-bookreview-blogtour-itsemmacooper-headlinepg-thesongsofus-uplit/

All The Hidden Truths by Claire Askew
I love a book that makes you think and this one really does that. It comes at the issue of gun violence from a different angle that was really provocative, which makes it an uneasy read but it is important that we be made uncomfortable about these topics
https://alittlebookproblem.co.uk/2018/08/11/all-the-hidden-truths-by-claire-askew-bookreview-publicationday-onenightstanzas-hodderbooks-netgalley-allthehiddentruths-netgalley/

Battlestar Suburbia by Chris McCrudden
This is a book that doesn’t seem to have had much attention but it is smart and very funny and I think it deserves a wider readership than it might be getting. I really enjoyed it; it is probably quite different from what others are recommending!
https://alittlebookproblem.co.uk/2018/09/21/battlestar-suburbia-by-chris-mccrudden-bookreview-cmccrudden-farragobooks-netgalley-battlestarsuburbia-netgalley/

Thanks Julie – great choices. All three books sound really interesting and I’ll be adding All The Hidden Truths to the wishlist!

If Julie has managed to tempt you, or if you would like to find out more about the books she recommends, please see the following links:

| The Songs of Us by Emma Cooper | All The Hidden Truths by Claire Askew | Battlestar Suburbia by Chris McCrudden |

About Julie:
I’m Julie, 46, ex-lawyer, blogger, mum/step-mum of 5, book-obsessed aspiring writer.

Julie’s Social Media Links:
| A Little Book Problem | Twitter @book_problem | Facebook | Instagram |

If you’re a book blogger, author or you work in publishing and have three books published this year that you want to shout about then please complete the following form (or click this link: https://forms.gle/PE483qCyrKEgV5Uq6)