Abigail wants to read

 Hi all! For most of September, I will be taking a break from posting on my blog. I will be back on the 30th of September with my October TBR but I need a break from posting weekly for now. See you soon!

 Time for another monthly TBR! 1) Estoril by  Dejan Tiago-Stanković Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War,  Estoril  is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures like the ex-King Carol of Romania, the great Polish pianist Jan Paderewski, the British agent Ian Fleming, the Russian chess grandmaster Alexander Alekhine and the French writer and flyer Antoine de St Exupery, who forms a poignant friendship with a young Jewish boy living alone in the hotel. 2) We Free the Stars by  Hafsah Faizal Darkness surged in his veins. Power bled from her bon